stealth

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (uncountable) The attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.
2. (archaic, countable) An act of secrecy, especially one involving thievery.

Verb

1. (especially) To conceal or infiltrate through the use of stealth.
2. (slang, transitive) To subject (someone) to stealthing (sexual intercourse without a condom through deception, for example removing the condom mid-act).

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Surreptitious; secret; not openly acknowledged.
2. (not-comparable) Having properties that diminish radar signatures.
3. (not-comparable) Hiding one's transgender status (in general or in specific areas of one's life, e.g. at work) after transition.

Conceptos

disimulo

sigilo

secreto

㊙️

desliz

ocultamiento

Sinónimos

stealing

stealthiness

larceny

theft

robbery

privacy

prowl

secrecy

secretiveness

sliding

sneakiness

steal

concealing

thievery

crib

hiding

occultation

piracy

Traducciones

furtivité

Heimlichkeit

razberî

en cachette

discrétion

nehînî

astuce

cachette

sigil

Schläue

furtif

glissement

furtività

dizîkî

furtividade

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/stɛlθ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con alto alemán antiguo: stāla

Heredado de inglés medio: stelthe

Heredado de inglés antiguo: stǣlþ

Cognado con inglés antiguo: stalu

Cognado con alemán: Diebstahl

In summary

From Middle English stelthe, from Old English stǣlþ, from Proto-Germanic *stēliþō, equivalent to steal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old English stalu (“theft, stealth”), Old High German stāla (“theft”), German Diebstahl (“theft”).