spirit away

English

WOTD – 27 March 2007

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪɹ.ɪt əˌweɪ/

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Verb

spirit away (third-person singular simple present spirits away, present participle spiriting away, simple past and past participle spirited away)

1. (transitive) To remove without anyone's noticing.

   The paintings were spirited away under cover of darkness.

Translations

to spirit away

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偷走 (zh) (tōuzǒu)

• Danish: trylle væk
• Finnish: viedä salaa, kadota jäljettömiin
• Hungarian: eltüntet (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: far sparire nel nulla, far svanire nel nulla
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 神隠す (かみかくす, kamikakusu; かみがくす, kamigakusu)
• Korean: 유괴하다 (ko) (yugoehada)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can