Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I run away
- tú you run away
- usted, él, ella he/she runs away
- nosotros we run away
- vosotros Spain you all run away
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they run away
SPANISH VERB
huir
to run away
- #378 most used
- Regular -ir verb
- Gerund: huyendo
- Past participle: huido
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I ran away
- tú you ran away
- usted, él, ella he/she ran away
- nosotros we ran away
- vosotros Spain you all ran away
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they ran away
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to run away
- tú you used to run away
- usted, él, ella he/she used to run away
- nosotros we used to run away
- vosotros Spain you all used to run away
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to run away
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will run away
- tú you will run away
- usted, él, ella he/she will run away
- nosotros we will run away
- vosotros Spain you all will run away
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will run away
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would run away
- tú you would run away
- usted, él, ella he/she would run away
- nosotros we would run away
- vosotros Spain you all would run away
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would run away
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I run away
- tú (that) you run away
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she run away
- nosotros (that) we run away
- vosotros Spain (that) you all run away
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they run away
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I ran away
- tú (if) you ran away
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she ran away
- nosotros (if) we ran away
- vosotros Spain (if) you all ran away
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they ran away
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú run away!
- usted run away! (formal)
- nosotros run away! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain run away! (all of you)
- ustedes run away! (all of you)
How to use huir
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Los turistas huyen del calor en agosto.
Tourists flee the heat in August.
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Past
El gato huyó en cuanto oyó los fuegos artificiales.
The cat ran away as soon as it heard the fireworks.
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Imperfect
De niños huíamos del vecino gruñón.
As kids we used to run away from the grumpy neighbour.
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Future
Si ve una araña, mi hermana huirá gritando.
If she sees a spider, my sister will run off screaming.
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Conditional
Yo huiría de una ciudad sin bares, la verdad.
I'd run away from a city without bars, honestly.
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Present subjunctive
Cierra la puerta para que no huya el perro.
Shut the door so the dog doesn't run off.
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Past subjunctive
Fue una suerte que nadie huyera del incendio en pánico.
It was lucky nobody fled the fire in a panic.
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Imperative
¡Huid de las rebajas, que son una trampa!
Run from the sales, they're a trap!
Good to know
- Huir de algo is to run away from it: huyó de la lluvia.
Where you hear huir
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Advanced Level 3
- En la película, el hombre huye de la ciudad. In the film, the man runs away from the city.
- El gato huyó cuando abrí la puerta. The cat ran away when I opened the door.
- El gato va a huir si haces ruido. The cat is going to run away if you make noise.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ir verb.