il enfuit

flees, runs away

→ enfuir
en in/into; cause to become + fui to run away, to flee + t 3rd-person singular present or past
verb · third singular · present indicative Rare #45,251
flees, runs away Usually used in the reflexive form s'enfuit.
FR: Le voleur s'enfuit quand il entend la police.
EN: The thief flees when he hears the police.
Conjugation of enfuir
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First enfuis
Second enfuis
Third enfuit
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First enfuis
Second enfuis
Third enfuit

Elle a effrayé le chat, qui s'est enfuit.

She frightened the cat, which ran away.

Ziri s'est tout d'un coup enfuit.

Ziri suddenly ran away.

Elle s'est enfuit, les larmes aux yeux.

She ran away with tears in her eyes.

Il s'est enfuit quand il m'a vu.

He ran away when he saw me.