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fugir — to run away, to escape
Full conjugation of fugir in the tenses that matter for everyday speech, with pronunciation hints in the Rio (carioca) accent and example sentences the way Brazilians actually talk — not textbook European Portuguese.
How to use fugir in Brazilian Portuguese
Fugir is the Brazilian Portuguese verb for to run away, to escape. It is an irregular verb: 2 of its forms in the three tenses below break the regular -ir pattern (foge, fogem), and those are the ones to learn by heart.
Three tenses do almost all the work in conversation. The presente covers the present and the near future: eu fujo — I run away. The pretérito perfeito is the finished past, the English simple past: eu fugi — I ran away. The pretérito imperfeito is for habits, background and how things used to be: eu fugia — I used to run away / was running away.
Said the Rio way, fujo sounds like FOO-zhoo. The nós form fugimos ends in the carioca “sh”, foo-ZHEE-moosh — the most recognisable sound of the Rio accent, where São Paulo says a plain s.
Presente — present tense
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | fujoI run away | FOO-zhoo | Eu fujo do calor no ar-condicionado. |
| você / ele / ela | fogeyou run away | FAW-zhee | Você foge do trabalho na sexta? |
| nós | fugimoswe run away | foo-ZHEE-moosh | Nós fugimos da chuva pro bar. |
| vocês / eles / elas | fogemyou all run away | FAW-zheng | Vocês fogem do centro no carnaval? |
Pretérito Perfeito — simple past
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | fugiI ran away | foo-ZHEE | Eu fugi da festa sem me despedir. |
| você / ele / ela | fugiuyou ran away | foo-ZHEE-oo | Você fugiu da prova? |
| nós | fugimoswe ran away | foo-ZHEE-moosh | Nós fugimos do trânsito saindo cedo. |
| vocês / eles / elas | fugiramyou all ran away | foo-ZHEE-rahng | Vocês fugiram da reunião? |
Pretérito Imperfeito — past habitual, “used to”
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | fugiaI used to run away / was running away | foo-ZHEE-ah | Eu fugia da escola pra ir à praia. |
| você / ele / ela | fugiayou used to run away / were running away | foo-ZHEE-ah | Você fugia de casa quando era criança? |
| nós | fugíamoswe used to run away / were running away | foo-ZHEE-ah-moosh | Nós fugíamos da aula de matemática. |
| vocês / eles / elas | fugiamyou all used to run away / were running away | foo-ZHEE-ahng | Vocês fugiam do sol ao meio-dia? |
More “Ações e movimentos” verbs
- trazer to bring
- colocar to put, to place
- tirar to take (photo, vacation), to take off, to remove
- deixar to leave (behind), to let
- passar to pass, to spend (time)
- parar to stop
- continuar to continue
- mudar to change, to move (house)
- correr to run
- sentar to sit (down)
- cair to fall
- andar to walk, to go around
- botar to put (colloquial)
- descer to go down, to get off
- partir to leave, to depart
- pôr to put, to place
- subir to go up, to climb
- virar to turn (a corner), to become