velo

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veil

velo
masculine noun
1. veil (prenda)
  • correr o echar un (tupido) velo sobre algo (informal) -> to draw a veil over something
also:
  • velo del paladar -> soft palate

velo [vay'-lo]
noun
1. Veil, curtain. (m)
2. Veil, a part of female dress. (m)
3. Veil, a part of the dress of nuns. (m)
4. Piece of white gauze thrown over a couple at marriage. (m)
5. Feast at the profession of a nun or at taking the veil. (m)
6. Veil, cover, disguise. (m)
7. Pretence, pretext (pretexto), cover, mask. (m)
8. Confusion, obscurity, perplexity, of the sight or intellect (falta de claridad). (m)
  • Correr el velo -> to pull off the mask; to disclose something before unknown
  • Tomar el velo -> to become a nun

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