fugas

Fugas is a term that appears in several languages, carrying different meanings depending on context. In Portuguese and Spanish, fuga means flight or escape, and fugas is the plural form used to refer to several escapes. In musical contexts in those languages, fuga can also denote a fugue, a contrapuntal form developed in the Baroque era; fugas can then refer to multiple fugues.

In music theory, a fugue is a composition in which a theme, or subject, is introduced and subsequently developed by multiple voices in imitation. When languages use fuga to name this form, fugas refers to multiple fugues or to a collection of fugues.

As a proper noun, Fugas can occur as a surname in some cultures and may also be used as a place name, though such uses are relatively uncommon and region-specific.

Etymology: Fugas derives from the Latin fuga, meaning flight or escape. In English, the corresponding term for the musical form is fugue, while in Spanish and Portuguese the plural form is fugas.