Ocultar in english
Hide
pronunciation: haɪd part of speech: verb, noun
pronunciation: haɪd part of speech: verb, noun
In gestures
ocultarse = go into + hiding.
Example: The three have been jailed for more than two weeks while a fourth journalist went into hiding after receiving a judicial summons.ocultar = bury ; cover ; disguise ; hide ; obscure ; withhold ; ensconce ; conceal ; mask ; secrete ; tuck away ; dissimulate ; whitewash ; hide out ; blot out ; dissemble ; cache ; screen from + view ; shield from + view ; hide from + view ; cover up.
Example: All of the early works on rock music are buried under the heading for JAZZ, and the early works on linguistics are buried under the heading LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES.Example: Kitano burst out laughing to cover her obvious blushing embarrassment, and she was soon encircled with laughter.Example: But when the other approaches were examined and analyzed with care, it turned out that another 16 percent were disguised subject searches.Example: These complications were not hidden or implicit; they were clearly set out at the beginning of the volume under 'Rules for the Compilation of the Catalog'.Example: A pseudonym is the name assumed by an author to conceal or obscure his or her identity.Example: It was agreed to withhold supplies from booksellers who offered new books at a discount greater than the 10 per cent usually allowed for cash.Example: The foreman ensconced in one of the cages and the master-printer in the other.Example: He merely said, striving to conceal his anger: 'I'll see what I can do'.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: Motion picture loops can be expensive and small enough to secrete.Example: It is rumoured to be, at least in part, tucked away in one of the attics of the Science Library, a forgotten monument to a great but unsuccessful idea = It is rumoured to be, at least in part, tucked away in one of the attics of the Science Library, a forgotten monument to a great but unsuccessful idea.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: It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.Example: Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.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: Previous studies in which squirrels were provisioned with an abundant supply of food found a reduction in the rate of caching.Example: Pool equipment must be screened from view with landscaping or walls that match the color and finish of the house.Example: The idea that nursing mothers need to be 'shielded from view' may strike breastfeeding advocates as unnecessarily modest.Example: Cigarettes and other tobacco products will now have to be hidden from view in all large shops and supermarkets in England.Example: It hurts Deb to cork up her emotions just as it hurts me to cover up my own troubles.more:
» algo que ocultar = skeleton in the closet [Expresión del inglés americano] ; corpse in the basement ; skeleton in the cupboard [Expresión del inglés británico] .
Example: His article, 'The skeleton in the closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries. Example: Anyone who tries to forget the past is living with a corpse in the basement. Example: It was the skeleton in the cupboard that successive South African leaders desperately tried to keep locked up.» no ocultar las preferencias de Uno sobre Algo = make + no bones about + Algo .
Example: In 1910 John Cotton Dana made no bones about it; indeed he was an early advocate of positive discrimination.» ocultar Algo a = keep + Nombre + a secret from .
Example: To work as a librarian is so terribly respectable that young lady trainees at library school have been known to try to keep their specialism a secret from young men so as not to prejudice their chances of acquiring boyfriends.» ocultar a la vista = hide from + view ; shield from + view ; screen from + view .
Example: Cigarettes and other tobacco products will now have to be hidden from view in all large shops and supermarkets in England. Example: The idea that nursing mothers need to be 'shielded from view' may strike breastfeeding advocates as unnecessarily modest. Example: Pool equipment must be screened from view with landscaping or walls that match the color and finish of the house.» ocultar Algo = sweep + Algo + under the carpet ; sweep + Algo + under the rug .
Example: Even after some employees complained, the management treated the matter as a minor issue and swept it under the carpet. Example: If only we could sweep it under the rug and pretend like it never happened.» ocultar de la vista = hide + Nombre + from view .
Example: It is not a part of the fetlock, but the fetlock hid it from view.» ocultar las cosas = sweep + things under the rug ; sweep + things under the carpet .
Example: 'Spick and Span' is a comedy that examines how individuals cope with death in a society that likes to sweep things under the rug = "De punta en blanco" es una comedia que examina cómo los individuos se enfrentan a la muerte en una sociedad que prefiere ocultar las cosas. Example: The difference between a democratic state and a non-transparent state is that a democratic state does not sweep things under the carpet.» ocultar los sentimientos = disguise feelings ; keep + things (all) bottled up inside ; keep + Posesivo + feelings to + Reflexivo ; keep + Posesivo + feelings (all) bottled up inside ; bottle + Posesivo + feelings up ; hide + Posesivo + feelings ; bottle + things up .
Example: That girl could read me like a book, no matter how hard I tried to disguise my feelings. Example: I tried to keep it all in but sometimes keeping things all bottled up inside is not that good especially if things had been building up for so long. Example: If the handwriting slopes to the left, the person is very good at keeping their feelings to themselves. Example: Instead of showing her anger towards her parents, Jamie continued to keep her feelings bottled up inside of her. Example: Kate was notorious for bottling her feelings up and never letting anyone know what was going on. Example: A woman in love cannot hide her feelings, even if her life depends on it. Example: I tend to bottle things up until I burst out crying for a while, and then my parents have no idea why I'm upset.» ocultar los sentimientos de Uno = bury + Posesivo + feelings .
Example: The most common coping strategies were to bury one's feelings, to concentrate on what to do next, to stand one's ground, and to talk to someone about the problem.» ocultar + Posesivo + identidad = conceal + Posesivo + identity .
Example: A pseudonym is the name assumed by an author to conceal or obscure his or her identity.» ocultar + Posesivo + intenciones = hide + Posesivo + intentions ; play + Posesivo + cards close to + Posesivo + chest ; keep + Posesivo + cards close to + Posesivo + chest .
Example: How long can the empress hide her intentions before the nations enter a needless war?. Example: I too would like more transparency but when the opposition are such wreckers of every policy I can understand why cards are played close to the chest. Example: I think she kept her cards close to her chest, even when Ray asked her about other men she was very cagey and didn't give much away.» ocultarse = go into + hiding .
Example: The three have been jailed for more than two weeks while a fourth journalist went into hiding after receiving a judicial summons.» ocultarse detrás de = hide behind .
Example: There is evidence of a backlash against wireless networks from some faculty who would prefer that students not hide behind their computer screens during class.» tener algo que ocultar = have + a skeleton in the closet [Expresión del inglés americano] ; have + a corpse in the basement ; have + a skeleton in the cupboard [Expresión del inglés británico] .
Example: People who are so adamantly opposed and disgusted by all things gay more often than not have a skeleton in the closet. Example: Anyone who seeks to forget the past has a corpse in the basement. Example: Nearly a third of the population has a 'skeleton in the cupboard' according to new figures revealed in a nationwide survey of 1,000 adults.