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ascuns

hidden /asˈkuns/

adjective#2262 most common

Also: concealed, secret, covert

Example sentences

Comoara este ascunsă în pădure.
The treasure is hidden in the forest.
El are un secret ascuns.
He has a hidden secret.
Pisica s-a ascuns sub pat.
The cat hid under the bed.
A ieșit pe ascuns din casă, ca să nu-l vadă nimeni.
He left the house secretly, so that no one would see him.
Copiii s-au jucat de-a v-ați ascunselea în curte.
The children played hide-and-seek in the yard.
Motivele ascunse ale deciziei sale au ieșit la iveală abia după ani de zile.
The hidden motives behind his decision only came to light years later.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeascuns (m) / ascunsă (f)ascunși (m) / ascunse (f)
Genitiveascuns (m) / ascunsă (f)ascunși (m) / ascunse (f)
Accusativeascuns (m) / ascunsă (f)ascunși (m) / ascunse (f)
Vocativeascuns (m) / ascunsă (f)ascunși (m) / ascunse (f)

Word family

a ascundeto hide
ascunzătoarehiding place
ascunzișnook, hideaway
neascunsunhidden, open, undisguised
pe ascunssecretly, on the sly

Etymology

Ascuns is the past participle of the verb a ascunde, to hide. It descends from Latin absconsus, the participle of abscondere, formed from abs- (away) and condere (to put together, to store). The Latin root dere in condere traces further back to an ancient root meaning to put or place, the same root that gave English the verb do.

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