fugirfu.girvt+vint1 to flee, take to flight, run away, take to one’s heels, run, escape, turn tail, withdraw:
eles fugiram / they took to flight, they turned tail:
o menino fugiu / they boy ran away.
2 to retreat.
3 to avoid by flight, shun.
4 to evade, elude.
5 to disappear, vanish.
6 to elope.
7 to free or extricate oneself from.
8 to abandon, leave behind, eschew.
9 to abscond oneself, steal off.
10 Pint to fade into the background.
11 to be transient, fleeting, evanescent.
Expressõesa lebre fugiu the hare scuttled away.
ele fugiu he skipped it.
ele fugiu à sua promessa he went back from his promise.
ele fugiu com a noiva he carried off the bride.
ele fugiu da decisão he side-stepped the issue.
ele fugiu para... he made tracks for...
eles fugiram da obrigação they skipped their duty.
eles fugiram para a floresta they took to the forest.
fugir à vista to escape one’s sight.
fugir com o corpo (a um golpe) to avoid a blow.
fugir da justiça to escape the law.
fugir de alguma coisa to shun or avoid a thing, sneak out of something.
fugir de pecados to shun vice.
fugir de perigos to flee from danger.
fugir do serviço militar to desert.
fugir do trabalho to be afraid of work.
fugir na surdina to decamp.
fugiu da minha memória it has slipped my memory.
fugiu o melro fig the bird is flown.
não fuja do assunto stick to the point.
