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escape1

/ɪˈskeɪp/ [escaped, escaping]

Translation

v [i]
huir
escapar
The prisoners escaped from their cells in the middle of the night
Los prisioneros se escaparon de sus celdas en plena noche
(un gas o un líquido)
fugarse
escaparse
v [t, i]
(una situación difícil)
evitar
to escape torture
evitar la tortura
v [t]
(una información)
escapar
olvidar
The name of the film escapes me at this moment
Se me ha olvidado el nombre de la película en este momento
to escape sb's {attention/notice}
pasar inadvertido,da
to escape {unharmed/unhurt}
salir ileso,sa
(Definition of escape vvv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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