🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

fuggire

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fudˈdʒiːre

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Flee/fliː/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Molti civili hanno dovuto fuggire."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To run away from a place or situation of danger.

    "Many families had to flee their homes as the conflict escalated."
  2. 2

    To move swiftly away; to vanish or disappear rapidly.

    "His fears began to flee when he realized he was safe."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'flēon', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'vlieden' and German 'fliehen', ultimately stemming from an Indo-European root meaning to flow or run away.

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