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ascunde

to hide /asˈkunde/

verb#486 most common

Also: to conceal, to cover

Example sentences

Copilul se ascunde după ușă.
The child hides behind the door.
Nu ascunde nimic de mine.
Don't hide anything from me.
Ea a ascuns cadoul în dulap.
She hid the gift in the closet.
Norii ascund soarele în fiecare după-amiază de vară.
The clouds hide the sun every summer afternoon.
Politicianul a încercat să ascundă adevărul de la public, dar presa l-a demascat.
The politician tried to hide the truth from the public, but the press exposed him.
Deși părea calmă, privirea ei ascundea o teamă profundă pe care nimeni nu o bănuia.
Although she seemed calm, her gaze concealed a deep fear that no one suspected.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgascundascunseivoi ascunde
2sgascunziascunseșivei ascunde
3sgascundeascunseva ascunde
1plascundemascunserămvom ascunde
2plascundețiascunserățiveți ascunde
3plascundascunserăvor ascunde

Word family

ascunzătoarehiding placeascunshidden, secret
ascunzișnook, hideout
neascunsunconcealed, open
ascunderethe act of hiding, concealment

Etymology

Ascunde comes from Latin abscondere, meaning to put away or hide. That verb was built from the prefix abs- (away, off) and condere (to put together, store). As spoken Latin evolved into Romanian, abscondere lost some of its middle sounds and settled into the form ascunde.

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