absconder

English

Etymology

From abscond +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈskɑn.dɚ/, /æbˈzkɑn.dɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æbˈskɒn.də/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: ab‧scon‧der

Noun

absconder (plural absconders)

1. A person who absconds. [First attested in the late 17th century.]
   • 1696, Considerations upon the Bill for the Relief of Poor Prisoners,‎^[1]:

     […] unless such an Act of Grace do reach insolvent Absconders, who to shun the Cruelty of their severe Creditors confine themselves out of their Reach, ’tis humbly conceived, ’twill be but half an Act of Grace.

   • 1909, O. Henry, “The Guardian of the Accolade”, in Roads of Destiny‎^[2], Doubleday Page, page 33:

     What else could it all mean but that Mr. Robert Weymouth was an absconder—was about to fly with the bank’s remaining funds […]

   • 1910, Jack London, “That Spot”, in Lost Face‎^[3], New York: Macmillan, page 112:

     Steve and I sneaked immediately, like beaten curs, like cowards, like absconders from justice.

   • 2011, Alan Hollinghurst, The Stranger’s Child‎^[4], Knopf Canada, Part Three, Chapter 1:

     He smiled at the view over the hedge, at the other front gardens, at the approaching Rover and then its driver, squinting in a rictus of his own against the evening sun, and making Paul feel again like an intruder, or now perhaps an absconder.

Translations

one who absconds

• Dutch: drosser n
• German: Ausreißer (de) m, Flüchtiger (de) m

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abscondere (“to hide”). According to the Trésor de la langue française, attested since the 16th century, and a doublet of the then-contemporary abscondre. Cognate with the (now obsolete) French esconcer (“to set (said of the Sun)”), and Picard esconser (“to set (said of the Sun)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.skɔ̃.de/

• Audio:

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Verb

absconder

1. (regional) to set (said of the Sun at sunset)

   Synonym: se coucher

Conjugation

Conjugation of absconder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	absconder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	abscondant /ap.skɔ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		abscondé /ap.skɔ̃.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	absconde /ap.skɔ̃d/	abscondes /ap.skɔ̃d/	absconde /ap.skɔ̃d/	abscondons /ap.skɔ̃.dɔ̃/	abscondez /ap.skɔ̃.de/	abscondent /ap.skɔ̃d/
	imperfect	abscondais /ap.skɔ̃.dɛ/	abscondais /ap.skɔ̃.dɛ/	abscondait /ap.skɔ̃.dɛ/	abscondions /ap.skɔ̃.djɔ̃/	abscondiez /ap.skɔ̃.dje/	abscondaient /ap.skɔ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	abscondai /ap.skɔ̃.de/	abscondas /ap.skɔ̃.da/	absconda /ap.skɔ̃.da/	abscondâmes /ap.skɔ̃.dam/	abscondâtes /ap.skɔ̃.dat/	abscondèrent /ap.skɔ̃.dɛʁ/
	future	absconderai /ap.skɔ̃.dʁe/	absconderas /ap.skɔ̃.dʁa/	abscondera /ap.skɔ̃.dʁa/	absconderons /ap.skɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/	absconderez /ap.skɔ̃.dʁe/	absconderont /ap.skɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	absconderais /ap.skɔ̃.dʁɛ/	absconderais /ap.skɔ̃.dʁɛ/	absconderait /ap.skɔ̃.dʁɛ/	absconderions /ap.skɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/	absconderiez /ap.skɔ̃.də.ʁje/	absconderaient /ap.skɔ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	absconde /ap.skɔ̃d/	abscondes /ap.skɔ̃d/	absconde /ap.skɔ̃d/	abscondions /ap.skɔ̃.djɔ̃/	abscondiez /ap.skɔ̃.dje/	abscondent /ap.skɔ̃d/
	imperfect2	abscondasse /ap.skɔ̃.das/	abscondasses /ap.skɔ̃.das/	abscondât /ap.skɔ̃.da/	abscondassions /ap.skɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/	abscondassiez /ap.skɔ̃.da.sje/	abscondassent /ap.skɔ̃.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	absconde /ap.skɔ̃d/	—	abscondons /ap.skɔ̃.dɔ̃/	abscondez /ap.skɔ̃.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• abscons

 

Further reading

• “absconder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• abscondre (archaism)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abscondere (“to hide, conceal”). Doublet of esconder. The adjective absconso derives from the participle of the same Latin verb, and is more commonly used.

Verb

absconder (first-person singular present abscondo, first-person singular preterite abscondi, past participle abscondido)

1. (rare, formal) Synonym of esconder

Conjugation

    Conjugation of absconder (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	absconder
Personal	absconder	absconderes	absconder	abscondermos	absconderdes	absconderem
Gerund
	abscondendo
Past participle
Masculine	abscondido			abscondidos
Feminine	abscondida			abscondidas
Indicative
Present	abscondo	abscondes	absconde	abscondemos	abscondeis	abscondem
Imperfect	abscondia	abscondias	abscondia	abscondíamos	abscondíeis	abscondiam
Preterite	abscondi	abscondeste	abscondeu	abscondemos	abscondestes	absconderam
Pluperfect	abscondera	absconderas	abscondera	abscondêramos	abscondêreis	absconderam
Future	absconderei	absconderás	absconderá	absconderemos	abscondereis	absconderão
Conditional	absconderia	absconderias	absconderia	absconderíamos	absconderíeis	absconderiam
Subjunctive
Present	absconda	abscondas	absconda	abscondamos	abscondais	abscondam
Imperfect	abscondesse	abscondesses	abscondesse	abscondêssemos	abscondêsseis	abscondessem
Future	absconder	absconderes	absconder	abscondermos	absconderdes	absconderem
Imperative
Affirmative		absconde	absconda	abscondamos	abscondei	abscondam
Negative (não)		não abscondas	não absconda	não abscondamos	não abscondais	não abscondam

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abscondō. Doublet of esconder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abskonˈdeɾ/ [aβ̞s.kõn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: abs‧con‧der

Verb

absconder (first-person singular present abscondo, first-person singular preterite abscondí, past participle abscondido)

1. (obsolete, transitive) to hide

   Synonym: esconder

Conjugation

    Conjugation of absconder (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			absconder
gerund			abscondiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abscondido		abscondida
		plural		abscondidos		abscondidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abscondo	abscondestú abscondésvos	absconde	abscondemos	abscondéis	absconden
	imperfect	abscondía	abscondías	abscondía	abscondíamos	abscondíais	abscondían
	preterite	abscondí	abscondiste	abscondió	abscondimos	abscondisteis	abscondieron
	future	absconderé	absconderás	absconderá	absconderemos	absconderéis	absconderán
	conditional	abscondería	absconderías	abscondería	absconderíamos	absconderíais	absconderían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	absconda	abscondastú abscondásvos2	absconda	abscondamos	abscondáis	abscondan
	imperfect (ra)	abscondiera	abscondieras	abscondiera	abscondiéramos	abscondierais	abscondieran
	imperfect (se)	abscondiese	abscondieses	abscondiese	abscondiésemos	abscondieseis	abscondiesen
	future1	abscondiere	abscondieres	abscondiere	abscondiéremos	abscondiereis	abscondieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abscondetú abscondévos	absconda	abscondamos	absconded	abscondan
	negative		no abscondas	no absconda	no abscondamos	no abscondáis	no abscondan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• esconder

 

Further reading

• “absconder”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28