hide and seek

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A game where the players have to hide and one has to seek them out.

Equivalents

Españolampay escondecucas escondidasescondidillas escondite gárgaro orí

Françaiscache-cache

Deutschverstecken Versteckspiel

38 more languages

العربيةغميضة

Azərbaycan diligizlənpaç

Българскикриеница

Bosanskiori

Češtinaschovávaná

Ελληνικάκρυφτό

Suomikuurupiilo piilosta

Gàidhligfalach-fead

Galegoagachadas

עבריתמַחֲבוֹאִים

हिन्दीआँख-मिचौली लुका-छुपी लुकाछिपी

Hrvatskiori

Հայերենպախկվոցի պահմտոցի

Bahasa Indonesiabersurukan

Italianonascondino rimpiattino

日本語隠れん坊隠れ子隠れ遊び隠れ鬼

ქართულიდახუჭობანა

Қазақ тіліжасырынбақ

한국어숨바꼭질

Kurdînolî

Македонскикриеница криенка

Maltinoli

Nederlandsverstoppertje

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਲੁਕਣ ਛਿਪਣ ਲੁਕਣ ਮੀਚੀ ਲੁਕਣ-ਮੀਟੀ

Polskichowaniec chowanka chowanyzabawa w chowanego

Portuguêsesconde-esconde escondidas pique-esconde

Românăde-a v-ați ascunselea

Русскийжмурки прятки

Shqipçelembyll

Српскиori

Svenskakurragömma

தமிழ்கண்ணாம்பூச்சி

ไทยซ่อนหา

Tagalogtaguan

Türkçesaklambaç

Українськахованки

Tiếng Việthú tim trốn tìm ú tim

Yorùbábojúbojú

Examples

“I would sometimes lie ⟳ down, and let ⟳ five or six of them dance ⟳ on my hand; and at last ⟳ the boys and girls would venture to come ⟳ and play ⟳ at hide-and-seek in my hair.”

CEFR level

C1

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See also

hide beetle hide nor hair hide one's light under a bushel hide-a-bed hide-all hide-and-die syndrome

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