huir

to flee

verb oo-EER Less Common

Origin: From Latin fugere (to flee).

Also means

to escape

Usage Note

Huir is an irregular verb whose stem ends in a vowel, requiring a written y before endings beginning with a, e, or o — huyo, huyes, huye, huyen. The preterite third-person forms are also irregular: huyó, huyeron. It is followed by de when specifying what is fled from: huyó del país (he fled the country).

Examples

"Los civiles tuvieron que huir del conflicto."

Natural Translation

The civilians had to flee the conflict.

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