escape
verb
1 verb from captivity, bad situation INTRANSITIVEéalaigh verb they managed to escape from the prison d'éirigh leo éalú as an bpríosúnhe escaped from the burning house thug sé na cosa leis ón teach a bhí trí thine
TRANSITIVEéalaigh ó PhrV they came here to escape poverty tháinig siad anseo chun an bhochtaineacht a fhágáil ina ndiaidh
2 verb avoid sth unpleasant TRANSITIVEthe soldiers escaped injury in the attack níor gortaíodh na saighdiúirí san ionsaí, tháinig na saighdiúirí slán ón ionsaíthe school escaped major damage ní dhearnadh mórán damáiste don scoilShow full entry
3 verb go without notice, awareness TRANSITIVEnothing escaped his attention níor tharla dada gan fhios dó, thug sé gach rud faoi deara, níor imigh a dhath airthe importance of this often escapes people is minic nach dtuigeann daoine an tábhacht atá leis seo 4 verb leak out INTRANSITIVEsceith verb sil verb the oil escaped into the river sceith an ola isteach san abhainn 5 verb go on holiday INTRANSITIVEI'm going to escape to the sun tomorrow tá mé chun bailiú liom chun na gréine amárach, tá mé ag imeacht liom ar thóir na gréine amárach
noun
6 noun act of getting freeéalú masc this is my first meal since my escape seo an chéad bhéile agam ó d'éalaigh méthe animal didn't have much chance of escape ba bheag seans a bhí ag an ainmhí éalúshe got into her car and made her escape chuaigh sí isteach sa charr agus d'éalaigh sí, chuaigh sí isteach sa charr agus as go brách léiwe were surrounded with no means of escape bhíomar timpeallaithe agus gan bealach éalaithe againn 7 noun relief from problemséalú masc faoiseamh masc1 she was taking drugs as an escape from the pressure bhí sí ag tógáil drugaí chun éalú ón mbrú, bhí sí ag gabháil do na drugaí le faoiseamh a fháil ón mbrú a bhí uirthi 8 noun leakagesceitheadh masc 9 noun holidaysaoire fem4 sos masc3 a winter escape saoire gheimhridh 10 noun COMP computer keyeochair éalaitheescape foreign