What does fuga in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word fuga in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use fuga in Italian.

The word fuga in Italian means escape, leak, break, breakaway, lead, vanishing point, convergence point, fugue, grout line, rout, brain drain, run away, elopement, brain drain, capital drain, leak, put someone or something on the run, escape point, hit-and-run, one-off, escape path, escape hatch. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word fuga

escape

sostantivo femminile (scappare)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La fuga dei malviventi è terminata in Svizzera.
The criminals' escape ended in Switzerland.

leak

sostantivo femminile (anche figurato (perdita incontrollata)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Sento un odore strano; potrebbe esserci una fuga di gas.
I smell something strange. It may be a gas leak.

break, breakaway, lead

sostantivo femminile (sport: distacco) (sports)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Una notevole fuga separava Giacomo dagli altri corridori.
A good lead separated Giacomo from the other runners.

vanishing point

sostantivo femminile (disegno: prospettiva)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'architetto evidenziò i punti di fuga sul disegno.
The architect showed the vanishing point in the drawing.

convergence point

sostantivo femminile (punto di convergenza) (geometry)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il punto di fuga rappresenta il cuore di un disegno prospettico.
The convergence point is the heart of a prospective drawing.

fugue

sostantivo femminile (musica: composizione) (music)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Bach ha fatto un ampio uso della fuga nelle sue opere.
Bach made ample use of fugues in his works.

grout line

sostantivo femminile (edilizia: giunzione tra piastrelle) (construction)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Per pulire bene le fughe dei pavimenti è necessario usare dei prodotti specifici.
To clean floor grout lines properly you have to use special products.

rout

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (letterale e figurato (mettere in fuga) (military)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
L'incidente fugò ogni certezza che era rimasta alla povera fanciulla.
The accident dispersed every certainty the poor girl still had.

brain drain

sostantivo plurale maschile (laureati o ricercatori emigrati)

run away

elopement

sostantivo femminile

brain drain

capital drain

leak

(information)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

put someone or something on the run

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (fare fuggire)

Il colpo di clacson del camion ha messo in fuga tutti i gatti del quartiere.
The truck's hooting put all the cats of the area on the run.

escape point

hit-and-run, one-off

(figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La nostra relazione è stata una toccata e fuga di nemmeno un mese.
Our relationship was a one-off and it didn't even last a month.

escape path

sostantivo femminile (passaggio per fuggire)

escape hatch

sostantivo femminile (figurato (scappatoia)

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