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escape verb

  /ə-/ , /ɛ-/ , /ɛk-/ , /ɪk-/ , /ɪˈskeɪp/
  • (intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
 escapar, fugarse, furtarse, liberarse
  • (intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
 escapar, evadir, salvar
  • (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
 escapar, eludir
  • (transitive) To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
 escapar, esconder
  • (computing) To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
 abortar, cancelar, detener, escapar, tronar
  • (transitive, computing) To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.
 escapar

escape noun

  /ə-/ , /ɛ-/ , /ɛk-/ , /ɪk-/ , /ɪˈskeɪp/
  • The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
 fuga, escapada, escapatorio, escape, liberación
  • (computing) escape key
  • (programming) The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
 escape

escapism noun

  /ɪˈskeɪpɪzəm/
  • An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy.
 escapismo

escapement noun

  /ɪˈskeɪpmənt/
  • (clocks, mechanics) The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.
 mecanismo de escape
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