Encubierto in english
Covert
pronunciation: koʊvɜrt part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: koʊvɜrt part of speech: adjective
In gestures
encubierto = covert ; veiled ; concealed.
Example: Whether the conditioning was the result of overt analysis of the failure to learn lessons or whether they simply become covert factors subconsciously affecting the way later thought developed is something of a moot point.Example: The question of ideological thought (in the sense of a veiled interest-determined trend of thought) is again rearing its head in present times.Example: More and more of New York's rich and famous are obtaining permits to carry concealed weapons.more:
» encubierto en = under the mantle of .
Example: In this woeful film, under the mantle of a 'bitter-sweet romantic comedy,' Poliakoff lets his maudlin sentiments and fears run riot.» operación policial encubierta = sting operation [Generalmente, aquella en la que la policía tiende una trampa para engañar a una banda de delincuentes, bien infiltrándose en la banda o haciéndose pasar por miembros de otra banda] .
Example: Relates the story of an attempt to sell stolen Irish antiquities in the USA in 1991 and the roles of the John J. Burns Library of Boston College, the FBI, the National Museum of Ireland and other Irish authorities in a sting operation to recover the antiquities and arrest the perpetrators..» policía encubierto = undercover police officer ; plain-clothes police officer ; plain-clothes policeman ; plain clothes policewoman ; plain-clothes cop .
Example: A bridegroom was killed yesterday by undercover police officers in a hail of 50 bullets as he left his stag party = Un novio a punto de casarse fue acribillado ayer por policías encubiertos con una ráfaga de 50 balas cuando salía de su fiesta de despedida de soltero.. Example: Protesters have complained recently about an increase in the number of plain-clothes police officers at protest marches. Example: A young man who punched a plain-clothes policeman unconscious during a buck's night celebration will serve four months behind bars. Example: The resulting shouting match drew a passing plain-clothes policewoman who tried to break it up. Example: Man says he was beaten after running from plain-clothes cop he mistook for a robber.encubrir = cover ; mask ; dissimulate ; whitewash ; dissemble ; cover up.
Example: Kitano burst out laughing to cover her obvious blushing embarrassment, and she was soon encircled with laughter.Example: The categories available for classifying legal problems simply mask the incoherency and indeterminacy of legal doctrine, inhibit the growth of the law and create injustice by causing unequal situations to be treated as if they were equal.Example: He highlights the fact that the amount of time spent lying, dissimulating, and conforming in matters of religious faith was a huge issue in the 16th century.Example: A number of volumes whitewashing this fascist wartime state were published in 2001.Example: On Sunday it was Vice President Cheney who dissembled about the impact of the tax cuts on the federal budget deficit and the relative size of the deficit.Example: It hurts Deb to cork up her emotions just as it hurts me to cover up my own troubles.more:
» encubrir a Alguien = cover up for + Nombre .
Example: With cruel suddenness she was being called upon to cover up for him.» encubrir con = cloak in .
Example: Assertion and personal opinion, when cloaked in an ostensibly sound job title, can become accepted wisdom and the justification for decision making.