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1 escaparse
1 (huir) to escape, run away, get away2 (librarse) to escape, avoid3 (gas etc) to leak4 (autobús etc) to miss* * *VPR1) (=huir) [preso] to escape; [niño, adolescente] to run awayme escapé porque no podía aguantar más a mis padres — I ran away because I couldn't stand my parents any longer
ven aquí, no te me escapes — come here, don't run away
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escaparse de — [+ cárcel, peligro] to escape from; [+ jaula] to get out of; [+ situación opresiva] to escape from, get away from3) (=dejar pasar)me voy, que se me escapa el tren — I'm going, or I'll miss my train
se me había escapado ese detalle — that detail had escaped my notice, I had overlooked o missed that detail
a nadie se le escapa la importancia de esta visita — everybody is aware of o realizes the importance of this visit
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no se me escapa que... — I am aware that..., I realize that...escaparse de las manos —
la realidad se me escapa de las manos — I'm losing touch with reality, I'm losing my grip on reality
4) (=dejar salir)a) [grito, eructo]se me escapó un eructo sin darme cuenta — I accidentally burped o let out a burp
se le escapó un suspiro de alivio — she breathed o let out a sigh of relief
b) [dato, noticia]5) (=soltarse)a) [globo, cometa] to fly awayb) [punto de sutura] to come undonec) (Cos)6) (=hacerse público) [información] to leak, leak outse escapó la noticia de que iban a vender la compañía — the news leaked that they were going to sell the firm
7) (=olvidarse) to slip one's mindahora mismo se me escapa su nombre — his name escapes me o slips my mind right now
* * *(v.) = slip away, duck away, run away, fall through + the net, break out, slip out, make off, do + a bunk, flee away, flee, weasel (on/out of), duck outEx. He gradually let his original aims slip away until he was attempting the impossible -- a universal bibliography -- albeit highly selectively.Ex. The difficulty for teachers is that they cannot just duck away when children, individually or corporately, are set against what is being asked of them.Ex. Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.Ex. For several years the library has had a successful arrangement with a local bookstore to supply it with unusual and important local material that would otherwise fall through the net of its collection development effort = Desde hace varios años, la biblioteca mantiene un acuerdo satisfactorio con una librería local para que le suministre fondo local importante y poco común que, de otro modo, se le escaparía en el desarrollo de la colección.Ex. The article ' Breaking out with books' describes a pilot project involving the offering of library courses to inmate library assistants and prison librarians.Ex. To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.Ex. As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.Ex. For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.Ex. The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.Ex. Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.Ex. Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.* * *(v.) = slip away, duck away, run away, fall through + the net, break out, slip out, make off, do + a bunk, flee away, flee, weasel (on/out of), duck outEx: He gradually let his original aims slip away until he was attempting the impossible -- a universal bibliography -- albeit highly selectively.
Ex: The difficulty for teachers is that they cannot just duck away when children, individually or corporately, are set against what is being asked of them.Ex: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.Ex: For several years the library has had a successful arrangement with a local bookstore to supply it with unusual and important local material that would otherwise fall through the net of its collection development effort = Desde hace varios años, la biblioteca mantiene un acuerdo satisfactorio con una librería local para que le suministre fondo local importante y poco común que, de otro modo, se le escaparía en el desarrollo de la colección.Ex: The article ' Breaking out with books' describes a pilot project involving the offering of library courses to inmate library assistants and prison librarians.Ex: To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.Ex: As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.Ex: For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.Ex: The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.Ex: Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.Ex: Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.* * *
■escaparse verbo reflexivo
1 to escape, run away, get away: le llamaré antes de que se me escape, I'll phone him before he gets away
2 (una oportunidad, transporte) se me escapó el autobús, I missed the bus
3 (gas, líquido) to leak, escape
4 (salvarse) me escapé de una buena bronca, I escaped a good telling-off
' escaparse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
irse
- salirse
- deslizar
- escabullirse
- escapar
- escurrir
- ir
English:
break away
- escape
- get away
- leak
- run off
- shave
- slip
- squeak
- break
- elude
- get
- run
- skive off
- turn
* * *vprescaparse de casa to run away from home;se me escaparon las cabras the goats got away from me;no te escapes, que quiero hablar contigo don't run off, I want to talk to yousiempre se escapa de hacer las camas he always gets out of making the beds;Fam¡de esta no te escaparás! you're not going to get out of this one!3. [en carrera] to break away;Herrera se escapó en solitario Herrera broke away on his own4. [sujeto: gas, agua] to leak;el aire se escapa por un agujero the air is leaking out through a hole5. [sin querer]Famse me escapó la risa/una palabrota I let out a laugh/an expletive;se me ha escapado un pedo I've just farted;¡era un secreto! – lo siento, se me escapó it was a secret! - I'm sorry, it just slipped outse me escapó la ocasión the opportunity slipped by7. [quedar fuera del alcance] to escape, to elude;los motivos de su comportamiento se me escapan the reasons for her behaviour are beyond mese me escapó lo que dijo I missed what he said9. [sujeto: punto de tejido] to drop;se te han escapado unos puntos you've dropped a couple of stitches* * *v/rescaparse de situación get out of:se me ha escapado el tren I missed the train3:no se te escapa nada nothing gets past you o escapes you* * *vr: to escape notice, to leak out* * *escaparse vb1. (lograr salir, huir) to escape2. (líquido, gas, aire) to leak3. (transporte) to missno quería decírselo, pero se me escapó I didn't mean to tell him, but it slipped out
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