fugir

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to run away; to flee (to move away from something unpleasant quickly or suddenly)
2. (intransitive) to be forgotten, to escape

Hyphenated as

fu‧gir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fuˈʒi(ʁ)/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fugir, from Vulgar Latin *fugīre, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-. Cognate with Galician fuxir, Asturian fugir, Catalan fugir, Italian fuggire, French fuir, Spanish huir.