fugue
US /fjuːɡ/
UK /fjuːɡ/
1.
fuga
a contrapuntal compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject (theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation and which recurs frequently in the course of the composition.
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Bach's 'Toccata and Fugue in D minor' is a masterpiece of classical music.
La 'Tocata y Fuga en Re menor' de Bach es una obra maestra de la música clásica.
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The composer skillfully wove multiple melodic lines into a complex fugue.
El compositor tejió hábilmente múltiples líneas melódicas en una compleja fuga.
2.
fuga, fuga disociativa
a state or period of loss of awareness of one's identity, often coupled with flight from one's usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy.
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After the traumatic event, the patient experienced a dissociative fugue, wandering far from home.
Después del evento traumático, el paciente experimentó una fuga disociativa, deambulando lejos de casa.
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The doctor diagnosed him with a psychological fugue state.
El médico le diagnosticó un estado de fuga psicológica.