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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesescondite
Pronunciation / Transliteration: es-kon-dee-teh
"Los niños juegan al escondite en el parque."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A children's game in which all players but one hide, and the remaining player must find them.
"The children spent all afternoon playing hide-and-seek in the backyard." - 2
A situation characterized by alternating evasion and pursuit.
"The suspect played hide-and-seek with the police for weeks before being captured."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the traditional English children's playground game, combining the verbs 'hide' (from Old English hȳdan) and 'seek' (from Old English sēcan). The reduplicative rhyming structure solidified in early modern English children's folklore to describe games of concealment and discovery.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Hide-and-seek" is said worldwide
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jeu de cache-cache
Transliteration: zhuh duh kahsh kahsh
Script: cache-cache
"Les enfants adorent jouer à cache-cache dans le parc."
Versteckspiel
Transliteration: fer-stek-shpeel
"Die Kinder spielen gerne Versteckspiel im Garten."
nascondino
Transliteration: nah-skon-dee-no
"I bambini giocano a nascondino dietro la casa."
escondite
Transliteration: es-kon-dee-teh
"Los niños juegan al escondite en el parque."
esconde-esconde
Transliteration: is-kon-dee es-kon-dee
"As crianças adoram brincar de esconde-esconde."
लुकाछिपी
Transliteration: lukachhipi
"बच्चे बगीचे में लुकाछिपी खेल रहे हैं।"
捉迷藏
Transliteration: zhuō mí cáng
"孩子们在公园里玩捉迷藏。"
숨바꼭질
Transliteration: sum-ba-kkok-jil
"아이들이 마당에서 숨바꼭질을 하고 있다."
かくれんぼ
Transliteration: kakurenbo
"子供たちは庭でかくれんぼをしています。"
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