disimular

Estaba en su derecho hacer alarde de la realeza, pero con frecuencia lo disimulaban.	It was within their right to flaunt royalty, but often their delight to disguise it.
Detrás de dichas contradicciones se disimulaban las diferentes contradicciones entre los diferentes países imperialistas.	In the past we had contradictions among various factions of the landlord and comprador classes. Behind these domestic contradictions lay contradictions among the imperialists.
Los cimientos hacia atrás se disimulaban debajo del mortero de forma que las juntas parezcan ser varias veces más gruesas que los ladrillos, como podemos ver en las murallas de Nicea.	These recessed courses were hidden under mortar, so that the joints seemed much thicker than the bricks, as may be seen in the ramparts of Nicaea.
Detrás de estas contradicciones se disimulaban las contradicciones entre los diferentes países imperialistas.	Behind these domestic contradictions lay contradictions among the imperialists.
A estas alturas, toda la congregación hacía esfuerzos para no estallar en risa, y muchos lo disimulaban tosiendo sobre sus pañuelos.	By this time, the entire congregation was struggling to suppress giggles and there was a lot of coughing into handkerchiefs to cover the outright laughter.
Se trata preferentemente de materiales líticos locales, preferidos por escultores y cinceladores etruscos por su facilidad de talla, mientras que los defectos estéticos se disimulaban con abundante estuco y vistosas policromías, hoy casi perdidas por completo.	They are mainly of local stone, preferred by Etruscan sculptors and chisellers for its ease of cut, while the aesthetic defects were remedied with abundant plastering and bright polychromes, which are now almost totally lost.