Escapade — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

any carefree episode

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɛskɐpˌeɪd/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈɛskɐpˌeɪd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈɛskɐpˌeɪd/

3 syllables Say it as /ˈɛskɐpˌeɪd/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

adventure lark dangerous undertaking risky venture

Word Forms

adventuristic	adjective	of or pertaining to adventurism
adventurous	adjective	willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
adventurer	noun	someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
adventure	verb	put at risk
lark	verb	play boisterously

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Eskapade

ein wildes und aufregendes Unterfangen (nicht unbedingt rechtmäßig)

🇪🇸Spanish

escapada

una empresa salvaje y emocionante (no necesariamente legal)

🇮🇹Italian

scappatella

un’impresa selvaggia ed emozionante (non necessariamente lecita)

🇳🇱Dutch

ontsnappen

een wilde en opwindende onderneming (niet noodzakelijkerwijs wettig)

🇵🇹Portuguese

escapada

um empreendimento selvagem e emocionante (não necessariamente legal)

🇷🇺Russian

выходка

дикое и захватывающее предприятие (не обязательно законное)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हरकत

एक जंगली और रोमांचक उपक्रम (जरूरी नहीं कि वैध हो)

🇧🇩Bengali

পালানো

একটি বন্য এবং উত্তেজনাপূর্ণ উদ্যোগ (অগত্যা বৈধ নয়)

🇮🇳Tamil

தப்பித்தல்

ஒரு காட்டு மற்றும் அற்புதமான முயற்சி (அவசியம் சட்டபூர்வமானது அல்ல)

🇮🇳Telugu

తప్పించుకొనుట

క్రూరమైన మరియు ఉత్తేజకరమైన పని (తప్పనిసరిగా చట్టబద్ధమైనది కాదు)

🇮🇳Marathi

पळून जाणे

एक जंगली आणि रोमांचक उपक्रम (कायदेशीर असणे आवश्यक नाही)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભાગી જવું

એક જંગલી અને ઉત્તેજક ઉપક્રમ (જરૂરી નથી કે કાયદેસર હોય)

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು

ಕಾಡು ಮತ್ತು ಉತ್ತೇಜಕ ಕಾರ್ಯ (ಅಗತ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಕಾನೂನುಬದ್ಧವಾಗಿಲ್ಲ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

രക്ഷപ്പെടൽ

വന്യവും ആവേശകരവുമായ ഒരു സംരംഭം (നിയമപരമായിരിക്കണമെന്നില്ല)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਭੱਜਣਾ

ਇੱਕ ਜੰਗਲੀ ਅਤੇ ਦਿਲਚਸਪ ਕੰਮ (ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਕਾਨੂੰਨੀ ਨਹੀਂ)

🇵🇰Urdu

فرار

ایک جنگلی اور دلچسپ اقدام (ضروری نہیں کہ جائز ہو)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

恶作剧

一项疯狂而令人兴奋的事业（不一定合法）

🇯🇵Japanese

いたずら

ワイルドでエキサイティングな事業（必ずしも合法であるとは限りません）

🇰🇷Korean

탈선 행위

거칠고 흥미로운 일(반드시 합법적인 것은 아님)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

trốn thoát

một công việc hoang dã và thú vị (không nhất thiết phải hợp pháp)

🇹🇭Thai

หลบหนี

การดำเนินการที่ดุเดือดและน่าตื่นเต้น (ไม่จำเป็นต้องถูกกฎหมาย)

🇮🇩Indonesian

petualangan

usaha yang liar dan menarik (belum tentu sah)

🇵🇭Filipino

pagtakas

isang ligaw at kapana-panabik na gawain (hindi kinakailangang ayon sa batas)

🇲🇾Malay

melarikan diri

usaha liar dan menarik (tidak semestinya sah)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مغامرة

مشروع جامح ومثير (ليس بالضرورة قانونيًا)

🇮🇷Persian

فرار کردن

یک اقدام وحشیانه و هیجان انگیز (لزوماً قانونی نیست)

🇹🇷Turkish

kaçış

vahşi ve heyecan verici bir girişim (mutlaka yasal olması gerekmez)

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַרפַּתקָה

משימה פרועה ומרגשת (לא בהכרח חוקית)

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