Also means
to run away
Usage Note
Scappare takes essere as its auxiliary (sono scappato, I escaped). It is more colloquial than fuggire and very common in speech. The reflexive idiom lasciarsi scappare means to let something slip — a chance or a remark — which is a false-friend trap for learners expecting a purely physical meaning.
Examples
"Il gatto è scappato dal giardino."
Natural Translation
The cat escaped from the garden.
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