The present subjunctive mood of huir is used to express wishes, desires, or uncertainty about fleeing or escaping, for example: Espero que no huyas de tus problemas. (I hope you don’t flee from your problems.)

Huir is a spelling-changing verb that follows the -uir conjugation pattern in the present subjunctive. The u changes to hu in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.

Conjugations

Conjugations of Huir (to flee) in the Subjunctive Mood tense (Castilian Spanish):

Huir generally means “to flee” or “to run away”, but has several different meanings in the Subjunctive Mood, some of which might surprise you.

To escape: for example, Espero que huya de esa situación peligrosa (I hope he escapes that dangerous situation).

To avoid: for example, Es mejor que huyas de los problemas en lugar de enfrentarlos (It’s better that you avoid problems instead of facing them).

To run away (figuratively): for example, No huyas de tus responsabilidades (Don’t run away from your responsibilities).

To evade: for example, Huya de las preguntas incómodas (Evade the uncomfortable questions).

To flee (colloquially): for example, ¡Huye antes de que te pille la poli! (Flee before the cops catch you!)

Examples

Examples of Huir in the Subjunctive Mood

Es importante que huyamos de la zona en caso de un desastre natural. (It’s important that we flee the area in case of a natural disaster.)

El entrenador nos dijo que huyéramos del campo si empezaba a llover con fuerza. (The coach told us to flee the field if it started to rain heavily.)

Aunque no queramos, a veces es necesario que huyamos de situaciones peligrosas. (Even if we don’t want to, sometimes it’s necessary that we flee dangerous situations.)

Ojalá que nunca huyas de tus responsabilidades, hijo. (I hope you never flee from your responsibilities, son.)

Para evitar problemas, es mejor que huyan de esa zona conflictiva. (To avoid problems, it’s better that they flee that conflict zone.)

No importa lo que pase, huyan a un lugar seguro. (No matter what happens, flee to a safe place.)

Dudo que huyas de tus problemas en lugar de enfrentarlos. (I doubt that you would flee from your problems instead of facing them.)

Tal vez huyamos a las montañas para escapar del calor sofocante. (Maybe we’ll flee to the mountains to escape the stifling heat.)

Aunque huyan, los ladrones no podrán escapar de la justicia. (Even if they flee, the thieves won’t be able to escape justice.)

Es fundamental que huyas de las malas influencias para progresar en la vida. (It’s essential that you flee from bad influences to progress in life.)

Quizás huyan del país por razones políticas o económicas. (Perhaps they’ll flee the country for political or economic reasons.)

Conjugations with English Translations

Conjugations of Huir (to flee) in the Subjunctive Mood tense (Castilian Spanish) with English Translations:

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Synonyms

The Subjunctive mood is also known as the Simple Subjunctive, Subjunctive Present, or Present Subjunctive Mood in English, and as Presente de Subjuntivo, Subjuntivo Presente, Presente del Modo Subjuntivo, or Tiempo Presente del Subjuntivo in Spanish.