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esconder — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • conceal verb To hide something from sight or keep it secret from others.
  • cover verb To place something over another thing to protect, conceal, or shield it.
  • duck noun A web-footed water bird, often kept domestically or hunted.
  • escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
  • hide verb To put something, or oneself, somewhere out of sight or hard to find.
  • obscure adjective Not well known.
  • obstruct verb To block a path or passage so that things can't get through.
  • sneak verb To move quietly and carefully so as not to be noticed.

Senses

esconder is used for these senses in English:

  • conceal (transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
  • cover (military, law enforcement, transitive) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
  • duck (transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
  • escape (transitive) To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
  • hide (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
  • obscure (transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc.
  • obstruct To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
  • sneak (transitive, dated) To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.

cover — full definition

  1. verb To place something over another thing to protect, conceal, or shield it.
  2. verb To deal with, include, or report on a topic or event.
  3. verb To be enough money to pay for something.
  4. noun The front or back of a book, magazine, or similar publication.
  5. noun A new recording or performance of a song originally released by another artist.

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