uciekać

Meaning

1. to run away, to flee (e.g. from somebody, from home, from a difficult situation etc.)
2. to escape (e.g. from prison)
3. to escape, to flow out from (e.g. a container)
4. to resort (to have recourse out of necessity or frustration)

Hyphenated as

u‧cie‧kać

Pronounced as (IPA)

/uˈt͡ɕɛ.kat͡ɕ/

Etymology

From uciec + -ać.

Sentences

Po co miałbym uciekać z więzienia ?

Why would I break out of prison?

Ponieważ był gruntownie pijany , więc nie mógł uciekać .

Because he was thoroughly drunk, so he couldn't run away.

" Było to przecież podczas zabójczej pogody , gdy musieliśmy uciekać przed Nelsonem."

"It was in deadly weather that we had to flee from Nelson."