defugir

Borrowed from Latin dēfugere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. First attested in 1272.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.fuˈʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.fuˈd͡ʒiɾ]

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defugir (first-person singular present defujo, first-person singular preterite defugí, past participle defugit)

1. to avoid, to run away from
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 6, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     La mascota havia encetat una tonada d'ascendència remotament balinesa, una melodia que seria inútil descriure, una música que defugiria qualsevol pentagrama.

     The pet had started a tune of remote whale-like origin, a melody that could not possibly be described, a music that would avoid any staff.

   • 1931, Miquel Llor, Laura a la ciutat dels sants:

     I Laura va per posar-li la mà a l'espatlla; però la cunyada s'enretira, defuig el contacte.

     And Laura put her hand on her shoulder, but her sister-in-law pulls away, fleeing the contact.

• “defugir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “defugir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “defugir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin dēfugiō.

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defugir

1. to avoid, to run away from

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