veil in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for veil in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.veil [Am veɪl, Brit veɪl] N

1. veil FASHION:

veil

velo m

bridal veil

velo de novia

to take the veil REL

tomar el hábito or el velo

2. veil (cover):

veil

velo m

a veil of mist liter

un velo or un halo de bruma

a veil of secrecy surrounds the affair

el asunto está envuelto en el mayor secreto

to draw a veil over sth

correr or echar un (tupido) velo sobre algo

II.veil [Am veɪl, Brit veɪl] VB trans

1. veil (cover with a veil):

to veil one's face/head

taparse or cubrirse con un velo

to veil one's face/head

velarse liter

the hills were veiled in mist liter

un velo or un halo de bruma envolvía las montañas

2. veil:

veil facts/truth

velar

veil facts/truth

ocultar

veil feelings

disimular

veil feelings

ocultar

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she lifted her veil

se levantó el velo

Translations for veil in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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velación

covering with a veil

velo

veil

velo de novia/monja

bridal/nun's veil

correr o echar un tupido velo sobre algo

to draw a veil over something

será mejor que corramos o echemos un tupido velo sobre estas cosas

let's put these things behind us o draw a veil over these things

tomar el velo

to take the veil

echar el manto del olvido sobre algo

to draw a veil over sth

tomar el hábito o los hábitos mujer:

to take the veil

el velo le cubría la cara

the veil covered her face

velar

to veil

veil in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for veil in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.veil [veɪl] N

veil

velo m

veil of smoke

cortina f de humo

bridal veil

velo de novia

a veil of secrecy

un halo de misterio

under the veil of sth fig

con el pretexto de algo

to draw a veil over sth fig

correr un tupido velo sobre algo

II.veil [veɪl] VB trans

veil

velar

veil (disguise)

disimular

to veil one's face

taparse con un velo

to be veiled

estar cubierto con un velo

the mist veiled the mountains fig liter

la bruma envolvía las montañas

Translations for veil in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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velo

veil

correr un (tupido) velo sobre fig

to draw a veil over

tomar el velo

to take the veil

correr un tupido velo

to draw a veil over sth

manto

veil

velar (tapar)

to veil

veil Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

bridal veil

velo de novia

a veil of secrecy

un halo de misterio

under the veil of sth fig

con el pretexto de algo

to draw a veil over sth fig

correr un tupido velo sobre algo

to veil one's face

taparse con un velo

to draw a veil over sth

correr un tupido velo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Very few were interested in banning the veil.

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For if a woman does not have her head veiled, she may as well have her hair cut off.

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Grass dries up, the vegetation turns reddish brown, and a veil of fine dust hangs over the country, causing the skies to be overcast.

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She said that for her, the veil between the worlds simply did not exist.

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The veil was fastened to her hair with five diamond stars, the gift of the bridegroom.

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Only over the course of centuries was she increasingly confined to the house and was forced to veil herself.

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Her kirtle sleeves button from the elbow to the wrist, and she wears a sheer veil confined by a fillet or circlet.

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Girls often wear fancy dresses and a veil attached to a wreath of flowers or hair ornament.

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This veil remains in place until the diskos is set upon the altar.

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His death was a political necessity, poorly veiled beneath the guise of a private quarrel...

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