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ascunzătoare

hiding place /askunzəˈtoare/

noun#4850 most common

Also: hideout, hiding spot, den

Example sentences

Copilul are o ascunzătoare în grădină.
The child has a hiding place in the garden.
Ascunzătoarea pisicii este sub pat.
The cat's hiding place is under the bed.
Am găsit o ascunzătoare bună în pădure.
I found a good hiding place in the forest.
Copiii și-au construit o ascunzătoare secretă în podul casei.
The children built themselves a secret hideout in the attic of the house.
Hoții foloseau vechea fabrică drept ascunzătoare pentru bunurile furate.
The thieves used the old factory as a hideout for the stolen goods.
Ascunzătorile rebelilor din munți au rămas nedescoperite timp de ani de zile.
The rebels' hideouts in the mountains stayed undiscovered for years.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeascunzătoareascunzători
Genitiveascunzătoriiascunzătorilor
Accusativeascunzătoareascunzători
Vocativeascunzătoareascunzători

Word family

ascundeto hide, concealascunshidden
ascunzătorsecretive, concealing (masc. form)
ascunzișhiding place, concealment (older/regional)
neascunsnot hidden, overt

Etymology

The word comes from the Romanian verb "a ascunde" (to hide), which descends from Latin "abscondere," a combination of "abs-" (away) and "condere" (to put together, store, conceal). The suffix "-ătoare" is the feminine form of the agent/instrument suffix "-ător," so "ascunzătoare" literally names the thing that does the hiding: a hiding place.

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