Translation huir in the Spanish-English Collins dictionary

huir

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1 (=escapar) to run away, flee liter
huyó despavorido cuando comenzaron los disparos  he ran away o liter fled in terror when the shooting started
los ladrones huyeron en un vehículo robado  the robbers made their getaway o liter fled in a stolen vehicle
huyeron a Chipre  they escaped o liter fled to Cyprus
huir de   [+enemigo, catástrofe, pobreza] to flee from
[+cárcel, peligro] to escape from
[+familia] to run away from
los refugiados que huyeron de la guerra civil  the refugees who fled the civil war
huir de su casa   [refugiados, civiles] to flee (from) one's home
[adolescente] to run away from home
huir de la justicia  to fly from justice, fly from the law
huyó del país  he fled the country

2 (=evitar)
huir de   [+protagonismo, publicidad, tópicos] to avoid
[+calor, frío] to escape, escape from
huye de los periodistas como de la peste  she avoids journalists like the plague
se metió en una iglesia huyendo del calor  he went into a church to escape (from) the heat
se drogan para huir de la realidad  they take drugs to escape (from) reality

3 frm
[tiempo] to fly, fly by
los años huyen sin darse uno cuenta the years fly by without you realizing

b vt (=esquivar) to avoid
parece como si tu hijo te huyera your son seems to be avoiding you

c huirse  vpr  (Méx) to escape
decidieron huirse  they decided to escape
huirse con algn  to escape with sb