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fuga

escape; leak

noun FOO-gah Less Common
Travel & Places Movement

Also means

fugue (music)

Usage Note

Fuga covers a prison break (fuga de la cárcel), a gas or water leak (fuga de gas), a brain-drain (fuga de cerebros), and the musical form fuga (fugue). The verb is fugarse (reflexive): se fugó de la cárcel. The phrase darse a la fuga ('to flee the scene') is very common in news reporting.

Examples

"El prisionero organizó una fuga."

Natural Translation

The prisoner organised an escape.

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