defugir

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of defugir (third conjugation, without -eix-, j-g alternation)
infinitive defugir
gerund defugint
past participle masculine feminine
singular defugit defugida
plural defugits defugides
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present defujo defuges defuig defugim defugiu defugen
imperfect defugia defugies defugia defugíem defugíeu defugien
future defugiré defugiràs defugirà defugirem defugireu defugiran
preterite defugí defugires defugí defugírem defugíreu defugiren
conditional defugiria defugiries defugiria defugiríem defugiríeu defugirien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present defugi defugis defugi defugim defugiu defugin
imperfect defugís defugissis defugís defugíssim defugíssiu defugissin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — defuig defugi defugim defugiu defugin
negative (no) — no defugis no defugi no defugim no defugiu no defugin

References
  1. “defugir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin dēfugiō.

Pronunciation
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Verb

defugir

  1. to avoid, to run away from

Conjugation

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