cloak [kləʊk]
cloak
cloak(
klok
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (clothing)
a. la capa (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A sorcerer gave me this magic cloak that makes me invisible when I wear it.Un hechicero me dio esta capa m谩gica que me vuelve invisible cuando la uso.
The fighter wore a black cloak with a hood.El luchador vest铆a una capa negra con capucha.
2. (figurative) (deceptive pretense)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g. carrot, bean).
a. la capa (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The priest managed to hide behind a cloak of respectability until witnesses to his fraud testified.El sacerdote logr贸 ocultarse bajo una capa de respetabilidad hasta que declararon los testigos de su estafa.
b. el manto (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 commission of inquiry into organised crime is operating under a cloak of secrecy.La comisi贸n de investigaci贸n del crimen organizado est谩 trabajando bajo un manto de secreto.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
3. (to cover; used with "in")
4. (to conceal; often used with "in")
a. encubrir
During the war, many organizations cloaked their revolutionary activities with the rhetoric of patriotism.Durante la guerra, muchas organizaciones encubrieron sus actividades revolucionarias con la ret贸rica del patriotismo.
b. rodear
The lab's mishaps are cloaked in secrecy.Los contratiempos que se producen en el laboratorio se rodean de secreto.
c. envolver
The accident at the power plant cloaked the city in darkness for hours.El accidente de la central el茅ctrica envolvi贸 la ciudad en la oscuridad durante horas.
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cloakNountransitive verb
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. la capa(F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
2. (fig)
a.
under the cloak of darknessbajo el manto de la oscuridad
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
3. (fig)
a.
cloaked in secrecyrodeado(a) de secreto
Copyright 漏 2006 Harrap Publishers Limited
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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