fuggire

flee

verb food-JEE-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'fugere'

Also means

escape

Usage Note

Fuggire means to flee or run away and usually takes essere in compound tenses: è fuggito ('he fled'). It takes da for what one flees from. Related is sfuggire, 'to slip away' or 'to escape one's notice'.

Examples

"I ladri sono fuggiti in fretta."

Natural Translation

The thieves fled quickly.

Literal Translation

The thieves are fled in haste.

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