a escondidillas
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a eskondiˈdiʝas/ [a es.kõn̪.d̪iˈð̞i.ʝas] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /a eskondiˈdiʎas/ [a es.kõn̪.d̪iˈð̞i.ʎas] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /a eskondiˈdiʃas/ [a es.kõn̪.d̪iˈð̞i.ʃas] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /a eskondiˈdiʒas/ [a es.kõn̪.d̪iˈð̞i.ʒas] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: a es‧con‧di‧di‧llas
Adverb
a escondidillas
- (idiomatic) behind someone's back; on the hush-hush
Further reading
- “a escondidillas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024