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"Hijab" is a phrase which is often translated as "hiyab", and "veil" is a noun which is often translated as "el velo". Learn more about the difference between "hijab" and "veil" below.
hijab(
hi
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jab
)A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g., once upon a time).
1. (clothing)
a. hiyab
The girls can wear their hijabs to school with their school uniforms.Las chicas pueden usar sus hiyabs en la escuela con sus uniformes escolares.
b. hijab
Who is that? - The woman in the hijab is one of my Muslim neighbors.¿Quién es esa? - La mujer con el hijab es una de mis vecinas musulmanes.
veil(
veyl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (clothing)
a. el velo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The harbor was covered by a veil of mist in the early hours of the morning.El puerto estaba cubierto de un velo de bruma en las primeras horas de la mañana.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
3. (to cover)
a. cubrir con un velo
The priestesses always veil their faces when they leave the temple.Las sacerdotisas siempre se cubren la cara con un velo cuando salen del templo.
4. (to hide)
a. disimular
Every time they spoke, she found herself less able to veil her feelings for him.Cada vez que hablaban le resultaba más difícil disimular sus sentimientos por él.
b. velar (facts, truth)
That newspaper presents the publishers' own ideology and chooses to veil the truths that aren't in their interest.Ese periódico presenta la ideología de los editores y decide velar las verdades que no les convienen.
c. ocultar
He was barely able to veil how much he detested his rival.Apenas podía ocultar cuánto detestaba a su rival.
