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escapar

to escape

verb ehs-kah-PAHR Less Common
Body & Health Movement

Origin: From Vulgar Latin excappare, 'to slip out of one's cape'.

Also means

to get away

Usage Note

Escapar and its reflexive escaparse are often interchangeable, but escaparse tends to emphasize the spontaneous or accidental aspect (se me escapó un secreto = 'a secret slipped out of me'). Escaparse de introduces the thing escaped from. The noun is escape (also used for a gas leak or a car exhaust).

Examples

"El prisionero logró escapar."

Natural Translation

The prisoner managed to escape.

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