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a escondidas

secretly, in secret

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phrase Uncommon #21,203
secretly Used for doing something in secret or so that other people do not notice.
SP: Leí su mensaje a escondidas.
EN: I read his message secretly.

Se rumorea que Mary fuma a escondidas.

It is rumored that Mary smokes in secret.

Quien haga el amor a escondidas me ofende.

Anyone who makes love in secret offends me.

— La dolce vita (1960)

Él me mostró su foto a escondidas.

He secretly showed me his picture.

Se alegraba de que yo lo supiera, pues odiaba andar a escondidas.

She was glad I knew, because she hated being in secret.

— Cadena perpetua (1994)

Si vinieras nos veríamos a escondidas.

If you came, we would meet in secret.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Le entregué la carta a escondidas.

I secretly handed him the letter.

Estabais escuchando a escondidas.

You were eavesdropping.

Le devolví el dinero a escondidas.

I secretly returned the money to him.

Comer chocolate a escondidas es mi gusto culpable.

Eating chocolate in secret is my guilty pleasure.

Nuestros agentes te sacarán de España a escondidas.

Our agents will smuggle you out of Spain.

— El submarino (Das Boot) (1981)

Nos sentaremos atrás y saldremos a escondidas.

We'll sit in the back and sneak out.

— El club de los poetas muertos (1989)

phrase Rare #35,607
in secret Used when someone does something secretly or without others knowing. With escuchar, it often means “to eavesdrop.”
SP: Los adolescentes comieron dulces a escondidas.
EN: The teenagers ate sweets in secret.

Pronto, se va a enamorar de mí, y nos vamos a casar a escondidas en Japón.

Soon, he's going to fall in love with me, and we're going to get married secretly in Japan.

— La doncella (2016)

No quise escuchar a escondidas, pero sí te escuché por casualidad.

I didn’t mean to eavesdrop, but I did overhear you by chance.

No puedo parar de comer chocolate a escondidas.

I can’t stop eating chocolate in secret.

Los niños y yo escuchamos a escondidas una conversación telefónica.

The children and I eavesdropped on a phone conversation.

— Dil se.. (1998)

Fito es quien elige los cuerpos que los tres cortan a escondidas.

Fito is the one who chooses the bodies that the three of them secretly cut up.

— La sociedad de la nieve (2023)

Tú no deberías escuchar a escondidas.

You shouldn't eavesdrop.

Sé que no debí haber escuchado a escondidas.

I know I shouldn't have eavesdropped.