disguise

disguise
1. verb
1) (to hide the identity of by altering the appearance etc: He disguised himself as a policeman; She disguised her voice with a foreign accent.) disfrazar(se)
2) (to hide (eg one's intentions etc): He tried hard to disguise his feelings.) disimular, disfrazar

2. noun
1) (a disguised state: He was in disguise.) disfrazado
2) (a set of clothes, make-up etc which disguises: He was wearing a false beard as a disguise.) disfraz
disguise1 n disfraz
he was wearing a false beard as a disguise llevaba una barba postiza como disfraz
disguise2 vb disfrazar
he disguised himself as a policeman se disfrazó de policía
El gerundio de disguise se escribe disguising
disguise
tr[dɪs'gaɪz]
noun
1 disfraz nombre masculino
transitive verb
1 (person) disfrazar (as, de); (voice, handwriting) cambiar
2 (feelings, opinions) disfrazar, disimular; (mistake) ocultar
■ there's no disguising the fact that ... no se puede ocultar el hecho de que ...
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
in disguise disfrazado,-a
to diguise oneself disfrazarse
disguise [dɪ'skaɪz] vt, -guised ; -guising
1) : disfrazar, enmascarar (el aspecto)
2) conceal: encubrir, disimular
disguise n
: disfraz m
disguise
n.
• disfraz s.m.
• embozo s.m.
• rebozo s.m.
• tinte s.m.
• velo s.m.
v.
• cubrir v.
• demudar v.
• desfigurar v.
• disfrazar v.
• disimular v.
• embozar v.
• enmascarar v.
• revestir v.

I dɪs'gaɪz
transitive verb
a) \<\<person\>\> disfrazar*; \<\<voice\>\> cambiar

to disguise oneself (AS something) — disfrazarse* (de algo)

b) (conceal) \<\<mistake\>\> ocultar; \<\<disapproval/contempt\>\> disimular

II
count & mass noun disfraz m

in disguise — disfrazado

[dɪs'ɡaɪz]
1.
N disfraz m

to be in disguise — estar disfrazado

2.
VT [+ person] disfrazar (as de); [+ voice] simular, cambiar; [+ feelings] ocultar, disimular; [+ bad points, error] ocultar

to disguise o.s. as — disfrazarse de

she disguised herself as a man — se disfrazó de hombre

* * *

I [dɪs'gaɪz]
transitive verb
a) \<\<person\>\> disfrazar*; \<\<voice\>\> cambiar

to disguise oneself (AS something) — disfrazarse* (de algo)

b) (conceal) \<\<mistake\>\> ocultar; \<\<disapproval/contempt\>\> disimular

II
count & mass noun disfraz m

in disguise — disfrazado


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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