huir

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈiɾ/ [uˈiɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: hu‧ir

Verb

huir (first-person singular present huyo, first-person singular preterite hui, past participle huido)

  1. to flee, to run away
  2. to escape
    Synonym: escapar
  3. to avoid
    Synonym: evitar

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