Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /eskondeˈleɾo/ [es.kõn̪.d̪eˈle.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: es‧con‧de‧le‧ro

Noun edit

escondelero m (uncountable)

  1. (playground games, El Salvador) hide and seek
    Synonym: escondite
    Jugamos escondelero por media hora.
    We played hide and seek for half an hour.
    • 1988, Waldo Chávez Velasco, La corrupción y otras yerbas, EDICA, page 98:
      [] Justicia dictaminó la libertad de los acusados al comprobarse que el matrimonio no secuestró al hijo sino que estaban jugando escondelero, []
      [] Justice ordered the freedom of the accused when it was proven that the marriage didn't kidnapped the son, but they were playing hide and seek, []
    • 2013, Roldán Alfredo Quintanilla Dimas, El último latido de una madre, Xlibris Corporation, page 54:
      Inicialmente salíamos frente a su casa, nos quedábamos hablando con Claudia la vecina de Nancy y luego se incorporaban, Daniel el Mocho, la Blanca, Lizet y su hermano Beto, Neto, Mario el Mudo, y así otros cipotes cheros que se organizaban para jugar de inmediato escondelero y ladrón librado.
      Initially we went out in front of her house, and we spent our time talking with Claudia, Nancy's neighbor, and then joined Daniel el Mocho, Blanca, Lizet and his brother Beto, Neto, Mario the Deaf, and so other children that were friends organized to play at once hide and seek and free the thief.
    • 2023, Javier Zamora, Solito: Una memoria, Random House, page 109:
      Pienso en esa vez que llovió tanto que se inundó el pueblo y las hormigas se agarraron de las manos, o de las antenas, no sé, pero armaron una fila, como si estuvieran jugando escondelero, 20, 19, 18 y las hormigas se agarraron unas a otras y así flotaron en grupo a esconderse ¿de quién? No sé.
      I think about that time when it rained so much that the town flooded and the ants grasped each other by the hands, or by the antennas, I don't know, but they made a row, as though they were playing hide and seek, 20, 19, 18 and the ants grasped each other and so they floated in group in order to hide, from who? I don't know.