fugaz

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fugācem.

Adjective

fugaz m or f (plural fugaces)

1. fleeting

Related terms

• fuxir

Further reading

• “fugaz”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fugācem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈɡa(j)s/ [fuˈɡa(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈɡa(j)s/ [fuˈɡa(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fuˈɡa(j)ʃ/ [fuˈɡa(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈɡaʃ/ [fuˈɣaʃ]

• Hyphenation: fu‧gaz

Adjective

fugaz m or f (plural fugazes)

1. fleeting

   relação fugaz ― fleeting romance

Related terms

• fugir

Further reading

• “fugaz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fugācem, from fugiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /fuˈɡaθ/ [fuˈɣ̞aθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /fuˈɡas/ [fuˈɣ̞as]
• Rhymes: -aθ
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: fu‧gaz

Adjective

fugaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural fugaces)

1. fleeting

Derived terms

• estrella fugaz
• fugazmente

 

Related terms

• fugar
• huir

 

Further reading

• “fugaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014