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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /a uɾtaˈdiʝas/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /a uɾtaˈdiʎas/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /a uɾtaˈdiʃas/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /a uɾtaˈdiʒas/
- Syllabification: a hur‧ta‧di‧llas
Adverb
a hurtadillas
- by stealth; stealthily; in secret
2023 February 10, Iker Seisdedos, Wilfredo Miranda, “Las 605 noches de infierno de la Comandante Dos: “Cada día que no me ahorcaba era un triunfo sobre Ortega””, in El País:“Un día, uno de los guardias, que tenían prohibido portar reloj para no darnos pistas, se fue al baño, sacó el suyo y, a hurtadillas, me lo confirmó: ‘No sé cómo lo hace: ¡Son las 10.15 en punto!”.- “One day, one of the guards, who were forbidden to wear a watch so as not to give us clues, went to the bathroom, took out his own and, on the sly, confirmed it to me: 'I don't know how he does it: it's exactly 10:15!”.
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