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escape(
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
noun
1. (breakout)
a. la fuga
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
The inmate's second escape was nearly identical to his first.La segunda fuga del interno fue prácticamente idéntica a la primera.
b. la huida
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
We've got to make a quick escape.Tenemos que emprender una huida rápida.
2. (distraction)
a. la evasión
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Julia's favorite escape is running on the beach.La evasión favorita de Julia es correr en la playa.
3. (leak)
a. la fuga
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
There is a slow escape of water through the valve.Hay una fuga lenta de agua por la válvula.
b. el escape
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
The methane escape presented a threat.El escape de metano significaba una amenaza.
4. (means of escape)
a. la salida
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
The mouse found an escape under the fence.El ratón encontró una salida debajo de la barda.
b. la escapatoria
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
She didn’t want to go to the meeting, but she had no escape.No quería ir a la junta, pero no tenía escapatoria.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb
5. (to get away from)
a. escaparse de
He escaped the prisoner-of-war camp by digging a tunnel.Se escapó del campamento de prisioneros de guerra cavando un túnel.
6. (to avoid)
a. escapar de
They took shelter to escape the hurricane's fury.Se refugiaron para escapar de la furia del huracán.
b. librarse de
He escaped the death penalty thanks to a last-minute pardon from the governor.Se libró de la pena de muerte gracias a un perdón de última hora del gobernador.
c. evitar
They decided to live underground to escape the desert heat.Decidieron vivir bajo tierra para evitar el calor del desierto.
d. salvarse de
He escaped a ten year jail sentence when the jury found him not guilty.Se salvó de una condena de diez años de cárcel cuando el jurado lo declaró no culpable.
e. escapar a
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g. carrot, bean).
(figurative)
It is becoming more and more difficult to escape the influence of the media.Cada día es más difícil escapar a la influencia de los medios.
7. (to forget)
a. no recordar
I'm sorry. Your name escapes me. What is your name again?Perdón. No recuerdo tu nombre. ¿Cómo te llamas otra vez?
8. (not to notice)
a. escaparse
I think you have the general idea, but it seems the details have escaped you.Creo que tienes la idea general, pero los detalles se te escaparon.
9. (to let slip out)
a. dejar escapar
A shout escaped him when a box dropped on his head.Dejó escapar un grito cuando se le cayó una caja en la cabeza.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb
10. (to flee)
a. escaparse
The prisoners escaped in a laundry basket.Los prisioneros se escaparon en una canasta de ropa sucia.
b. fugarse
Thousands have escaped to neighboring countries.Miles se han fugado a los países vecinos.
c. huir
He tried to escape from police custody, but was stopped.Intentó huir de la custodia de la policía, pero fue detenido.
d. zafarse de
The mouse escaped from the cat.El ratón se zafó del gato.
11. (to leak)
a. escaparse
The pipe was damaged and now sewage is escaping.El tubo se dañó y ahora se están escapando las aguas residuales.
12. (to run away from danger or harm)
a. salvarse
She narrowly managed to escape from the cult.Por poco logró salvarse de la secta.
b. salir ileso
Fortunately, they escaped injury in the crash.Afortunadamente salieron ilesos del choque.
c.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
Despite being under the influence of drink and drugs, he escaped with a fine.A pesar de estar bajo la influencia del alcohol y drogas, solo le aplicaron una multa.
He escaped the explosion with minor injuries.Solo sufrió heridas leves por la explosión.
13. (to elude reality)
a. evadirse
She tried to escape from reality by watching television.Intentó evadirse de la realidad mirando la televisión.
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escape
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun
1. (of person)
a. la huida f, evasión
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
2. (of gas, fluid)
a. el escape
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
to make one's escapeescapar, huir
3. (commerce)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
escape clausecláusula de escape or de salvaguardia
escape routevía f de salida (de emergencia)
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb
4. (danger, punishment)
a. escapar de, librarse de
to escape somebody's noticepasar inadvertido(a) a alguien
her name escapes meahora no me sale su nombre
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb
5. (person, gas, fluid)
a. escaparse
to escape from realityevadirse de la realidad
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escape [ɪsˈkeɪp]
noun
1 (from detention) fuga (f); (from country) huida (f)
there is no escape from this prison no hay forma de escapar or fugarse de esta cárcel
there was a mass escape from the detention centre there's been an escape in their escape, many refugees left everything behind leaving home, I found, wasn't the simple escape I had imagined
to make one's escape escapar(se)
to make good one's escape she had managed to coil her thick stubby fingers in his shirt collar, ripping it, before he managed to make good his escape she was still asleep when I got up, determined to make good my escape some prisoners were shot, but others made good their escape to [plan] an escape
2 (from injury, harm)
there was no escape from the noise no había forma de escapar al ruido; she saw prostitution as her only means of escape from poverty vió la prostitución como el único medio de escapar a la pobreza
he was looking for a means of escape from bankruptcy
to have a lucky or narrow escape salvarse por los pelos
Liverpool had a narrow escape four minutes before half-time I hear you had a very narrow escape on the bridge
he had a lucky or narrow escape (from death) tuvo suerte de escapar or salir con vida; se salvó por los pelos
3 (from real world) evasión (f)
for me television is an escape a mí la televisión me sirve de evasión
fishing can be an escape from city life an escape from the depressing reality of war there was no escape from the tedium of office life drink was his regular avenue of escape
4 [of water, gas] fuga (f); escape (m)
fire officers were called when there was an escape of gas in the high street
transitive verb
1 (avoid) [+pursuer] escapar de; librarse de; [+punishment, death] librarse de; [+consequences] evitar
they managed to escape capture/detection consiguieron evitar que les capturaran/detectaran
they jumped out of the window to escape the fire saltaron por la ventana para escapar del fuego
they were lucky to escape injury tuvieron mucha suerte de salir ilesos
there was no way I could escape meeting him no había manera de poder evitar verme con él
they left the country to escape the press se fueron del país para escapar de la prensa
he just escaped being run over por poco lo atropellan
he narrowly escaped being killed Major Smallman is said to have jumped down the escarpment with his horse to escape his parliamentarian pursuers they narrowly escaped capture when the house was searched they are allowing torturers to escape punishment the ANC said today that such an amnesty would allow murderers and torturers to escape punishment Dalglish and Joe Kinnear are likely to escape FA punishment for comments made about the referee lies are sometimes used to escape the consequences of actions relatives of those killed in the accident claimed that the law allowed companies to escape from the consequences of their actions companies can't escape tax by going into debt Ronnie broke both legs when he narrowly escaped death in a road accident they only escaped death because a passing motorist dragged them clear A TEENAGE girl escaped certain death in a 400ft cliff fall when her plunge was halted as she crashed into another holidaymaker she was desperate to escape dinner with her boss I narrowly escaped having to talk to that awful man she was looking for a way to escape the cold English winter there was no way of escaping the tight schedule
2 (elude)
his name escapes me no logro acordarme de su nombre; nothing escapes her no se le escapa nada
she was too striking to escape their attention
it had escaped his notice or attention that ... se le había escapado que ...
3 especially (issue from)
a cry escaped his lips dejó escapar un grito
intransitive verb
1 (get away) (gen) escaparse; [+prisoner] fugarse; escapar(se)
to escape from [+prison] escapar(se) de; fugarse de; [+cage] escaparse de; [+danger, harm] huir de; [+reality] evadirse de
he kept me talking and I couldn't escape from him hacía que siguiera hablando y no podía escaparme de él; he wanted to escape from the world for a while quería evadirse del mundo durante un tiempo
a prisoner has escaped from jail in Northern England a herd of cows had escaped from the farm the chickens all escaped from their coop the rabbit escaped from its hutch Tibetans escaping from their Chinese oppressors as the confusion grew, everyone was bent on escaping from the fumes the thousands of refugees that have escaped from Iraq I moved house to escape from those awful neighbours of mine he just wanted to escape from his family for a while to escape [to]... another place, freedom, safety
in winter I think of escaping to the sun en invierno pienso en escaparme a un sitio con sol
he escaped to a neutral country huyó a un país neutral
he saw the women and children escaping to safety as the enemy troops advanced slaves escaping to freedom they've escaped to the other side of the border
she escaped unhurt salió ilesa
he was fatally wounded as he tried to escape to escape [with]
he escaped with a few bruises solo sufrió algunas magulladuras
he was lucky to escape with his life tuvo suerte de salir con vida
they escaped with a warning
2 (leak) [+liquid, gas] salirse
leave a vent open to let moist air escape water was escaping from the dam
3 (issue)
a moan escaped from her lips dejó escapar un gemido; tendrils of hair were escaping from under her hat algunos mechones de pelo le salían por debajo del sombrero
a trickle of blood escaped from one of his nostrils
modifier
escape artist (n) escapista (m)
escape attempt (n) intento (m) de fuga
he thought it too dangerous to make another escape attempt they'd taken away her clothes after the escape attempt, too, as a sign of her absolute helplessness
escape clause (n) (in agreement) cláusula (f) de excepción
escape hatch (n) (in plane, space rocket) escotilla (f) de salvamento
escape key (n) (Comput) tecla (f) de escape
escape pipe (n) tubo (m) de desagüe
escape plan (n) plan (m) de fuga
escape route (n) ruta (f) de escape
escape valve (n) válvula (f) de escape
escape velocity (n) (Aer) velocidad (f) de escape
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