refugiar

Catalan

Etymology

From refugi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [rə.fu.ʒiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.fu.d͡ʒiˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [re.fu.ʒiˈa]

Verb

refugiar (first-person singular present refugio, first-person singular preterite refugií, past participle refugiat)

1. (transitive) to shelter
2. (transitive) to put up, host

   Synonym: acollir

3. (reflexive) to take refuge, to shelter

   Synonym: recollir-se

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of refugiar (first conjugation)

infinitive			refugiar
gerund			refugiant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		refugiat		refugiada
		plural		refugiats		refugiades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	refugio	refugies	refugia	refugiem	refugieu	refugien
	imperfect	refugiava	refugiaves	refugiava	refugiàvem	refugiàveu	refugiaven
	future	refugiaré	refugiaràs	refugiarà	refugiarem	refugiareu	refugiaran
	preterite	refugií	refugiares	refugià	refugiàrem	refugiàreu	refugiaren
	conditional	refugiaria	refugiaries	refugiaria	refugiaríem	refugiaríeu	refugiarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	refugiï	refugiïs	refugiï	refugiem	refugieu	refugiïn
	imperfect	refugiés	refugiessis	refugiés	refugiéssim	refugiéssiu	refugiessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	refugia	refugiï	refugiem	refugieu	refugiïn
	negative (no)	—	no refugiïs	no refugiï	no refugiem	no refugieu	no refugiïn

Derived terms

• refugiat

Further reading

• “refugiar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-der.

Proto-Italic *fugjō

Latin fugiō

Latin refugiō

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin refugiumbor.

Portuguese refúgio

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese refugiar

From refúgio + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fu.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [he.fu.ʒiˈa(h)], (faster) /ʁe.fuˈʒja(ʁ)/ [he.fuˈʒja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fu.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [he.fu.ʒiˈa(h)], (faster) /ʁe.fuˈʒja(ʁ)/ [he.fuˈʒja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fu.ʒiˈa(ɾ)/ [he.fu.ʒiˈa(ɾ)], (faster) /ʁe.fuˈʒja(ɾ)/ [he.fuˈʒja(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fu.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [χe.fu.ʒiˈa(χ)], (faster) /ʁe.fuˈʒja(ʁ)/ [χe.fuˈʒja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fu.ʒiˈa(ɻ)/ [he.fu.ʒiˈa(ɻ)], (faster) /ʁe.fuˈʒja(ɻ)/ [he.fuˈʒja(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fuˈʒjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fuˈʒjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fuˈʒja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧fu‧gi‧ar

Verb

refugiar (first-person singular present refugio, first-person singular preterite refugiei, past participle refugiado)

1. (transitive) to shelter (to provide shelter)

   Synonym: proteger

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refugiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	refugiar
Personal	refugiar	refugiares	refugiar	refugiarmos	refugiardes	refugiarem
Gerund
	refugiando
Past participle
Masculine	refugiado			refugiados
Feminine	refugiada			refugiadas
Indicative
Present	refugio	refugias	refugia	refugiamos	refugiais	refugiam
Imperfect	refugiava	refugiavas	refugiava	refugiávamos	refugiáveis	refugiavam
Preterite	refugiei	refugiaste	refugiou	refugiamos1, refugiámos2	refugiastes	refugiaram
Pluperfect	refugiara	refugiaras	refugiara	refugiáramos	refugiáreis	refugiaram
Future	refugiarei	refugiarás	refugiará	refugiaremos	refugiareis	refugiarão
Conditional	refugiaria	refugiarias	refugiaria	refugiaríamos	refugiaríeis	refugiariam
Subjunctive
Present	refugie	refugies	refugie	refugiemos	refugieis	refugiem
Imperfect	refugiasse	refugiasses	refugiasse	refugiássemos	refugiásseis	refugiassem
Future	refugiar	refugiares	refugiar	refugiarmos	refugiardes	refugiarem
Imperative
Affirmative		refugia	refugie	refugiemos	refugiai	refugiem
Negative (não)		não refugies	não refugie	não refugiemos	não refugieis	não refugiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “refugiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin refugium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refuˈxjaɾ/ [re.fuˈxjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧fu‧giar

Verb

refugiar (first-person singular present refugio, first-person singular preterite refugié, past participle refugiado)

1. (transitive) to shelter, to provide shelter for

   Synonyms: amparar, guarecer

2. (reflexive) to take shelter

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refugiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			refugiar
gerund			refugiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		refugiado		refugiada
		plural		refugiados		refugiadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	refugio	refugiastú refugiásvos	refugia	refugiamos	refugiáis	refugian
	imperfect	refugiaba	refugiabas	refugiaba	refugiábamos	refugiabais	refugiaban
	preterite	refugié	refugiaste	refugió	refugiamos	refugiasteis	refugiaron
	future	refugiaré	refugiarás	refugiará	refugiaremos	refugiaréis	refugiarán
	conditional	refugiaría	refugiarías	refugiaría	refugiaríamos	refugiaríais	refugiarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	refugie	refugiestú refugiésvos2	refugie	refugiemos	refugiéis	refugien
	imperfect (ra)	refugiara	refugiaras	refugiara	refugiáramos	refugiarais	refugiaran
	imperfect (se)	refugiase	refugiases	refugiase	refugiásemos	refugiaseis	refugiasen
	future1	refugiare	refugiares	refugiare	refugiáremos	refugiareis	refugiaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		refugiatú refugiávos	refugie	refugiemos	refugiad	refugien
	negative		no refugies	no refugie	no refugiemos	no refugiéis	no refugien

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of refugiar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive refugiar	dative	refugiarme	refugiarte	refugiarle, refugiarse	refugiarnos	refugiaros	refugiarles, refugiarse
	accusative	refugiarme	refugiarte	refugiarlo, refugiarla, refugiarse	refugiarnos	refugiaros	refugiarlos, refugiarlas, refugiarse
with gerund refugiando	dative	refugiándome	refugiándote	refugiándole, refugiándose	refugiándonos	refugiándoos	refugiándoles, refugiándose
	accusative	refugiándome	refugiándote	refugiándolo, refugiándola, refugiándose	refugiándonos	refugiándoos	refugiándolos, refugiándolas, refugiándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative refugia	dative	refúgiame	refúgiate	refúgiale	refúgianos	not used	refúgiales
	accusative	refúgiame	refúgiate	refúgialo, refúgiala	refúgianos	not used	refúgialos, refúgialas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative refugiá	dative	refugiame	refugiate	refugiale	refugianos	not used	refugiales
	accusative	refugiame	refugiate	refugialo, refugiala	refugianos	not used	refugialos, refugialas
with formal second-person singular imperative refugie	dative	refúgieme	not used	refúgiele, refúgiese	refúgienos	not used	refúgieles
	accusative	refúgieme	not used	refúgielo, refúgiela, refúgiese	refúgienos	not used	refúgielos, refúgielas
with first-person plural imperative refugiemos	dative	not used	refugiémoste	refugiémosle	refugiémonos	refugiémoos	refugiémosles
	accusative	not used	refugiémoste	refugiémoslo, refugiémosla	refugiémonos	refugiémoos	refugiémoslos, refugiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative refugiad	dative	refugiadme	not used	refugiadle	refugiadnos	refugiaos	refugiadles
	accusative	refugiadme	not used	refugiadlo, refugiadla	refugiadnos	refugiaos	refugiadlos, refugiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative refugien	dative	refúgienme	not used	refúgienle	refúgiennos	not used	refúgienles, refúgiense
	accusative	refúgienme	not used	refúgienlo, refúgienla	refúgiennos	not used	refúgienlos, refúgienlas, refúgiense

Related terms

• refugiado
• refugio

Further reading

• “refugiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025