esfumarse

pron.v.

1 to fade away (esperanzas, posibilidades).

2 to vanish, to disappear (informal) (person).

¡esfúmate! beat it!, get lost!

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esfumarse

► verbo pronominal

1 familiar (largarse) to disappear, fade away

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VPR

1) [apoyo, esperanzas] to fade away, melt away

2) [persona] to vanish, make o.s. scarce

¡esfúmate! — * get lost! *

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= evaporate, fizzle out, etherealise [etherealize, -USA], disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue, skulk off, sneak off, sneak away.

Ex. It is pointless to create interest if it is then allowed to evaporate because the books cannot be obtained.

Ex. Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.

Ex. The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and 'etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.

Ex. We're all puzzled by the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle where hundreds of boats and planes have disappeared into the blue leaving no trace at all.

Ex. All about the plane round puffs of white smoke suddenly appeared, broke, and vanished into the blue.

Ex. Good attendance with 21 people there though a few skulked off without paying!.

Ex. One of the great joys in life is sneaking off.

Ex. So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.

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= evaporate, fizzle out, etherealise [etherealize, -USA], disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue, skulk off, sneak off, sneak away.

Ex: It is pointless to create interest if it is then allowed to evaporate because the books cannot be obtained.

Ex: Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.

Ex: The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and 'etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.

Ex: We're all puzzled by the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle where hundreds of boats and planes have disappeared into the blue leaving no trace at all.

Ex: All about the plane round puffs of white smoke suddenly appeared, broke, and vanished into the blue.

Ex: Good attendance with 21 people there though a few skulked off without paying!.

Ex: One of the great joys in life is sneaking off.

Ex: So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.

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esfumarse (conjugate esfumarse) verbo pronominal

a) [ilusiones/sueños] to evaporate;

[temores] to melt away, be dispelled

b) (fam) [persona/dinero] to vanish, disappear

■esfumarse vr fam to disappear, vanish: ¡esfúmate!, clear off!
'esfumarse' also found in these entries:
English:
evaporate
- melt away
- runner
- scarce
- air
- fizzle out
- smoke

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vpr

1. [esperanzas, posibilidades] to fade away;

[dudas, sospechas] to be dispelled

2. Fam [persona] to vanish, to disappear;

¡esfúmate! beat it!, get lost!

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esfumarse

v/r fam tb fig

disappear

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vr

1) : to fade away, to vanish

2) fam : to take off, to leave