fuga

From Italian fuga. Doublet of fugue.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjuːɡə/

fuga (plural fugas)

1. (music, dated) A fugue.

• “fuga”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Latin fuga, probably a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuɡa/ [ˈfu.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Syllabification: fu‧ga

fuga f (plural fugues)

1. flight (act of fleeing)

   Synonym: fuxida

2. (music) fugue

• fuxir

From Latin fuga.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfu.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfu.ɣa]

fuga f (plural fugues)

1. flight, escape

   Synonym: fugida

2. (music) fugue

• fugir

• “fuga”, 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
• “fuga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “fuga” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “fuga”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

From German Fuge.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfuɡa]
• Hyphenation: fu‧ga

fuga f

1. fugue

• “fuga”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “fuga”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “fuga”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

From French fugue or Italian fuga, both from Latin fuga (“flight”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuˀɡa/

fuga c (singular definite fugaen, plural indefinite fugaer)

1. fugue

• “fuga” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “fuga” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Borrowed from French fugue or borrowed from Italian fuga, both derived from Latin fuga (“flight, escape”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfy.ɣɑ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fu‧ga

fuga m or f (plural fuga's, diminutive fugaatje n)

2. (music) fugue (piece of music)

• “fuga” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuɡa/
• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Syllabification: fu‧ga

fuga (accusative singular fugan, plural fugaj, accusative plural fugajn)

1. fugal

Borrowed from German Fuge.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈfuɡɒ]
• Hyphenation: fu‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

fuga (plural fugák)

1. joint (the vertical and horizontal gap between elements in brick/stone walls)

   Synonyms: rés, hézag

2. grout, caulk, pointing (filling material)

   Synonyms: tömítés, tömítőanyag

   Coordinate terms: szilikon, habarcs, malter

• fugáz

• fúga

• fuga in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ɡa/^[1]
• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Hyphenation: fù‧ga

Borrowed from Latin fuga. Compare the inherited doublet foga.

• fugga (archaic)^[1]

fuga f (plural fughe, diminutive fughetta, augmentative fugona or fugone)

1. flight, escape
2. leak, leakage
3. (music) fugue
4. (cycle racing) breakaway, break

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fuga

1. inflection of fugare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• fuga in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• fuga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• gufa

• fugēla, fugella (pre-classical, post-classical)

From Proto-Italic *fugā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰugéh₂. Cognate to Ancient Greek φυγή (phugḗ).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfʊ.ɡa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.ɡa]

fuga f (genitive fugae); first declension

1. flight, fleeing, escape

   Pestilentī dēsertā regiōne vēlōciōrī sē fugā prōripiunt. ― They rush away from the pestilential, deserted region in a swifter flight.

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.137:

     “Mātūrāte fugam, rēgīque haec dīcite vestrō: [...].”

     “Hasten [your] escape, and go tell your king these [words]: [...].”
     (Neptune dismisses the winds with a message for King Aeolus.)

2. avoidance
3. exile

First-declension noun.

• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: fugã
  • Romanian: fugă
• Friulian: foghe, fughe
• Italian: foga
  • → French: fougue
• Piedmontese: fuga

Borrowings

• → Catalan: fuga
• → French: fugue
  • → English: fugue
  • → Persian: فوگ (fug)
  • → Turkish: füg
• → Italian: fuga (see there for further descendants)
• → Occitan: fòga
• → Portuguese: fuga
• → Spanish: fuga
• → Welsh: ffo

• “fuga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fuga”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "fuga", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “fuga”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • prodigal expenditure: sumptus effusi (vid. sect. IX. 2, note Cf. effusa fuga...) or profusi
    
  • to put the enemy to flight: in fugam dare, conicere hostem
    
  • (1) to put to flight, (2) to take to flight: fugam facere (Sall. Iug. 53)
    
  • to take to flight: fugae se mandare (B. G. 2. 24)
    
  • to take to flight: fugam capessere, capere
    
  • to take to flight: se dare in fugam, fugae
    
  • to take to flight: se conicere, se conferre in fugam
    
  • to seek safety in flight: fuga salutem petere
    
  • headlong flight: fuga effusa, praeceps (Liv. 30. 5)
    
  • to flee headlong: praecipitem se fugae mandare
    
  • soldiers routed and dispersed: ex (in) fuga dissipati or dispersi (B. G. 2. 24)
    
  • to bring the flying enemy to a stand: fugam hostium reprimere (B. G. 3. 14)
    
  • to save oneself by flight: se fuga recipere (B. G. 1. 11)
    
• fuga in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 246

• fuge

• IPA^(key): /²fʉːɡɑ/

fuga (present tense fugar, past tense fuga, past participle fuga, passive infinitive fugast, present participle fugande, imperative fuga/fug)

1. to join bricks, stones or tiles

• “fuga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ɡa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Syllabification: fu‧ga

Borrowed from German Fuge.

fuga f

1. joint, interstice (gap, e.g. between bricks)
2. grout

   Niebieska fuga nie pasuje do brązowych kafli. ― Blue grout doesn't match brown tiles.

Learned borrowing from Latin fuga.

fuga f

1. (music) fugue

• “fuga”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “fuga”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

From Latin fuga, probably a borrowing.

fuga f (plural fugas)

1. escape, flight (act of fleeing)

   Synonyms: fugida, evasão

   Sua fuga da prisão foi bem planejada.

   His escape from prison was well planned.

2. leak (of water, gas, information etc.)

   Synonym: vazamento

3. evasion (of responsibility, tax etc.)

   Synonyms: evasiva, evasão

• fuga de capitais
• fuga de cérebros
• fuga de informação
• ponto de fuga

• fugir

From Italian fuga.

fuga f (plural fugas)

1. (music) fugue (piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices)

• “fuga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fuga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Latin fugāre.

a fuga (third-person singular present fugă, past participle fugat, third-person subjunctive fuge) 1st conjugation

1. (dated, regional, Transylvania) to banish, expel, drive away, chase off

• alunga, fugări, goni, izgoni

• fugă
• fugaci
• fugi

From Proto-Oceanic *puŋa (“flower; bossom”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”), from Proto-Austronesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”).

• IPA^(key): /fu.ŋa/

fuga

1. flower

Borrowed from Italian fuga (“musical form, fleeing”).

• IPA^(key): /fǔːɡa/
• Hyphenation: fu‧ga

fúga f (Cyrillic spelling фу́га)

1. (music) fugue
2. (psychiatry) fugue state

Borrowed from German Fuge (same meaning), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to join, attach”).

• IPA^(key): /fǔːɡa/
• Hyphenation: fu‧ga

fúga f (Cyrillic spelling фу́га)

1. (construction, singular only) grout, mortar (the filling between bricks/tiles)

Variant of vȕga, from Proto-Slavic *jьvьlga.

• IPA^(key): /fûɡa/
• Hyphenation: fu‧ga

fȕga f (Cyrillic spelling фу̏га)

1. (Montenegro) oriole

   Synonym: vuga

   • 2022, Миоград В. Јовановић, editor, Рјечник говора Паштровића‎^[6], →ISBN, page 366:

     Фу̏га пра̏вӣ гни̏јездо висо̏ко у кро̏шњу др̏вета

     Fȕga prȁvī gnȉjezdo visȍko u krȍšnju dȑveta

     The oriole builds its nest high up in the tree crown

• Franjo Iveković; Ivan Broz (1901), Rječnik hrvatskoga jezika. Svezak I. A–O‎^[7], Zagreb: Štamparija Karla Albrechta (Jos. Wittasek), page 295
• “fuga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 (musical form, psychological state)
• “fuga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 (construction)

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuɡa/ [ˈfu.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Syllabification: fu‧ga

Borrowed from Latin fuga.^[1]

fuga f (plural fugas)

1. escape, flight

   Synonym: huida

2. leak

   Synonym: escape

3. fugue

• → Tagalog: puga (“escape from prison”)

fuga

1. inflection of fugar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “fuga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

fuga

1. to be annoyed, to be fed up

fuga

1. disgusting

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-túga.

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

-fuga (infinitive kufuga)

1. to keep (livestock)

Conjugation of -fuga
Positive present -nafuga Subjunctive -fuge Negative -fugi Imperative singular fuga
Infinitives
Positive kufuga Negative kutofuga
Imperatives
Singular fuga Plural fugeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufuga Positive past positive subject concord + -lifuga Negative past negative subject concord + -kufuga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafuga) Singular Plural 1st person ninafuga/nafuga tunafuga 2nd person unafuga mnafuga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafuga wanafuga other classes positive subject concord + -nafuga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fugi) Singular Plural 1st person sifugi hatufugi 2nd person hufugi hamfugi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafugi hawafugi other classes negative subject concord + -fugi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafuga Negative future negative subject concord + -tafuga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fuge) Singular Plural 1st person nifuge tufuge 2nd person ufuge mfuge 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afuge wafuge other classes positive subject concord + -fuge
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifuge Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefuga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefuga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifuga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifuga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afuga) Singular Plural 1st person nafuga twafuga 2nd person wafuga mwafuga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afuga wafuga m-mi(III/IV) wafuga yafuga ji-ma(V/VI) lafuga yafuga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafuga vyafuga n(IX/X) yafuga zafuga u(XI) wafuga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafuga pa(XVI) pafuga mu(XVIII) mwafuga
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefuga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafuga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafuga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifuga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofuga Consecutive kafuga / positive subject concord + -kafuga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafuge
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifuga -tufuga 2nd person -kufuga -wafuga/-kufugeni/-wafugeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfuga -wafuga m-mi(III/IV) -ufuga -ifuga ji-ma(V/VI) -lifuga -yafuga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifuga -vifuga n(IX/X) -ifuga -zifuga u(XI) -ufuga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufuga pa(XVI) -pafuga mu(XVIII) -mufuga Reflexive -jifuga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fuga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fugaye -fugao m-mi(III/IV) -fugao -fugayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fugalo -fugayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fugacho -fugavyo n(IX/X) -fugayo -fugazo u(XI) -fugao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fugako pa(XVI) -fugapo mu(XVIII) -fugamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fuga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefuga -ofuga m-mi(III/IV) -ofuga -yofuga ji-ma(V/VI) -lofuga -yofuga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofuga -vyofuga n(IX/X) -yofuga -zofuga u(XI) -ofuga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofuga pa(XVI) -pofuga mu(XVIII) -mofuga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Nominal derivations:
  • mfugaji (“herder, rancher”)
  • mfugo (“livestock”)

Borrowed from Italian fuga, from Latin fuga (“flight; escape”).

fuga c

1. (music) fugue

• fugaform
• fugasats
• fugato
• fugerad
• fugering

• “fuga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “fuga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “fuga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)