fuga

/ˈfuɡa/ · B1 · noun · f

escape

🏃💨 Latin fuga = flight: the root of fugitive, refugee and fugue

A fugitive is someone in fuga, on the run. A refugee seeks refuge from it, and centrifugal force makes things flee the centre. In music, a fugue has voices that seem to chase each other. In plumbing, una fuga de agua is water escaping, so a leak.

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