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This word is often used in the plural in the sense shown in 3).
shroud
noun
1. (burial garment) 
a. la mortaja (F) 
Dustin's corpse was placed into a canvas shroud for burial at sea.El cadáver de Dustin se colocó en una mortaja de lona para arrojarlo al mar.
b. el sudario (M) 
Mrs. Weinstein's corpse was washed and then placed in a shroud.El cadáver de la señora Weinstein se lavó y luego se colocó en un sudario.
2. (figurative) (veil) 
a. el velo (M) 
The artist finally pulled back the shroud of secrecy, revealing her true identity.La artista finalmente retiró el velo de secreto y reveló su verdadera identidad.
b. el halo (M) 
He disappeared under a shroud of mystery decades ago.Desapareció bajo un halo de misterio hace décadas.
3. (nautical) 
a. el obenque (M) 
The sailor adjusted the shrouds to get the mast perfectly straight and perpendicular to the deck.El marinero ajustó los obenques para poner el mástil perfectamente recto y perpendicular a la cubierta.
transitive verb
4. (to veil) 
a. envolver 
He tried to shroud his racism in a progressive discourse, but didn't fool anyone.Trató de envolver su racismo en un discurso progresista, pero no engañó a nadie.
b. cubrir 
Fog typically shrouds the coastline near here until noon in the summer.Durante el verano, la niebla normalmente cubre la costa de por aquí hasta el mediodía.
5. (to dress for burial) 
a. amortajar 
They washed and shrouded the deceased in white cloth.Lavaron y amortajaron al difunto con tela blanca.
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shroud
Noun
1. (general) 
a. el mortaja f, sudario (M) 
2. (fig) 
a. el halo (M) (of mystery) 
3. (of darkness) 
a. el manto (M) 
transitive verb
4. (obscure) 
a. envolver 
to be shrouded in somethingestar envuelto(a) en algo
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shroud [ʃraʊd]
noun
1 (around corpse) sudario (m); mortaja (f)
the Shroud of Turin la Sábana Santa de Turín; el Santo Sudario de Turín
2
a shroud of mystery un velo or halo de misterio
3 shrouds (Náut) obenques (m)
transitive verb
1 [+corpse] amortajar
2 velar; cubrir
the castle was shrouded in mist el castillo estaba envuelto en niebla; the whole thing is shrouded in mystery el asunto está envuelto en un halo de misterio; the whole affair is shrouded in secrecy el asunto se mantiene en secreto
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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