noun · rare

escapade

escapade · escapades

пригода, подія, авантюра

эскапада

Abenteuer, Streich, Eskapade

A daring or adventurous actA daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.

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/ˈɛskəˌpeɪd/

» We forgave him his little escapades.

Meaning

1 senses

A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.
Eskapade, Abenteuer, Streich
эскападаeskapada

More definitions

any carefree episode
a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

Examples

4 sentences

We forgave him his little escapades.
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He met his mistress during a country escapade.
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Join me for a camping escapade and leave the city behind.
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Sami knew everything about Layla's sexual escapades.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention:

Origin

Borrowed from French escapade (“the act of escaping; a trick”), itself borrowed from Old S

Borrowed from French escapade (“the act of escaping; a trick”), itself borrowed from Old Spanish escapada, from escapar (“to escape”), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre.

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