¡Hoy es jueves jovial! (Today is jovial Thursday!)
La fecha es el siete (7) de julio del año dos mil veintidós. (The date is July 7, 2022.)
Juguemos escondelero. (Let’s play hide-and-seek.)
While several words are used in different Spanish-speaking countries for “hide-and-seek,” such as escondite, las escondidas, la escondida, las escondidillas, and escondidijo, the word used for the version played in El Salvador is escondelero. All of these terms show the root verb esconder, which means “to hide.”
Para jugar escondelero, necesitamos: (To play hide-and-seek, we need:)
| por lo menos dos jugadores | (at least 2 players) |
| base (tay) | (base) |
| área límite para esconderse | (a limited area to hide) |
| pelota | (ball) |
¡Uno, dos, tres para mí y todos mis amigos! (One, two, three for me and all my friends!) Here’s a guide to playing escondelero.
¡Que tengas un jueves jubiloso! (May you have a victorious Thursday!)
L. A. Feliz