hoard

tesoro oculto, reserva

Conjunto de objetos valiosos, alimentos o dinero que se guarda escondido para usarlo más adelante.

En inglés sencillo: A supply of valuable things, food, or money kept hidden for later use.

• They found a hoard of coins.
• She kept a small hoard of food under her bed.
• The buried hoard contained silver cups.

Cómo se usa: a hoard of something (Workers discovered a hoard of ancient coins.)

Sinónimos: stash, cache, stockpile

Expresiones frecuentes: a hidden hoard, a coin hoard, hoard of gold

acaparar, atesorar

Seguir reuniendo y guardando grandes cantidades de cosas, a menudo más de las necesarias.

En inglés sencillo: To keep collecting and storing large amounts of things, often more than you need.

• He hoards old magazines.
• People began hoarding food during the shortage.
• Why do you hoard things you never use?

Sinónimos: stockpile, stash, accumulate

Expresiones frecuentes: hoard money, hoard food, hoard old newspapers