refugio

See also: refúgio, refugió, and Refugio

Catalan

Verb

refugio

1. first-person singular present indicative of refugiar

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈfʊ.ɡi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈfuː.d͡ʒi.o]

Etymology 1

From re- + fugiō.

Verb

refugiō (present infinitive refugere, perfect active refūgī); third (-iō variant) conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

1. to run away, flee or escape

   Synonyms: fugiō, ēvādō, cōnfugiō, aufugiō, prōfugiō, diffugiō, effugiō, perfugiō, āvolō, ēlābor, ēripiō, lābor

2. to avoid, shun a thing

   Synonyms: ēvītō, ēvādō, vītō, exeō, ēlūdō, āversor, abstineō, parcō, dēclīnō, fugiō

   Antonyms: dēstinō, intendō, petō, quaerō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of refugiō (third (-iō variant) conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	refugiō		refugis		refugit		refugimus		refugitis		refugiunt
	imperfect	refugiēbam		refugiēbās		refugiēbat		refugiēbāmus		refugiēbātis		refugiēbant
	future	refugiam		refugiēs		refugiet		refugiēmus		refugiētis		refugient
	perfect	refūgī		refūgistī		refūgit		refūgimus		refūgistis		refūgērunt, refūgēre
	pluperfect	refūgeram		refūgerās		refūgerat		refūgerāmus		refūgerātis		refūgerant
	future perfect	refūgerō		refūgeris		refūgerit		refūgerimus		refūgeritis		refūgerint
passive	present	—		—		refugitur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		refugiēbātur		—		—		—
	future	—		—		refugiētur		—		—		—
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	refugiam		refugiās		refugiat		refugiāmus		refugiātis		refugiant
	imperfect	refugerem		refugerēs		refugeret		refugerēmus		refugerētis		refugerent
	perfect	refūgerim		refūgerīs		refūgerit		refūgerīmus		refūgerītis		refūgerint
	pluperfect	refūgissem		refūgissēs		refūgisset		refūgissēmus		refūgissētis		refūgissent
passive	present	—		—		refugiātur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		refugerētur		—		—		—
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		refuge		—		—		refugite		—
	future	—		refugitō		refugitō		—		refugitōte		refugiuntō
passive	future	—		—		refugitor		—		—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		refugere			refugī			refugiēns			—
future		—			—			—			refugiendum, refugiundum
perfect		refūgisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		refugiendī		refugiendō		refugiendum		refugiendō		—		—

Derived terms

• refugium
• refugus

Descendants

• Italian: rifuggire
• French: refuir
• Spanish: rehuir

Etymology 2

Noun

refugiō

1. dative/ablative singular of refugium

References

• “refugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “refugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “refugio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

refugio

1. first-person singular present indicative of refugiar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈfuxjo/ [reˈfu.xjo]
• Rhymes: -uxjo
• Syllabification: re‧fu‧gio

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-der.

Proto-Italic *fugjō

Latin fugiō

Latin refugiō

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin refugiumlbor.

Spanish refugio

Learned borrowing from Latin refugium.

Noun

refugio m (plural refugios)

1. refuge

   Synonym: recurso

   • 2017 May 27, Matt Egan, “Trump quiere perforar petróleo en el frágil refugio de vida salvaje de Alaska”, in CNN en Español‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 November 2025:

     Abrir el refugio de Alaska a la perforación requiere una acción del Congreso y los ecologistas ya prometen una fuerte oposición.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. safety

   Synonym: seguridad

Derived terms

• El Refugio

Etymology 2

Verb

refugio

1. first-person singular present indicative of refugiar

Further reading

• “refugio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026