de tapadillo

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /de tapaˈdiʝo/ [d̪e t̪a.paˈð̞i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /de tapaˈdiʎo/ [d̪e t̪a.paˈð̞i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /de tapaˈdiʃo/ [d̪e t̪a.paˈð̞i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /de tapaˈdiʒo/ [d̪e t̪a.paˈð̞i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: de ta‧pa‧di‧llo

Adverb

de tapadillo

  1. (idiomatic) in secret; on the hush-hush
    Synonyms: a cencerros tapados, a hurtadillas, de extranjis, a lo zorro
    fue nombrado de tapadillo
    he was named in secret
    • 1995, José Ignacio Madalena Calvo, Programa de diversificación curricular:
      O sea, la Constitución se metió en esa Legislatura, que después hemos llamado constituyente, casi de tapadillo
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