Ocultarlo (en. Hide it)

/okuˈtaɾlo/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish
verb
English: To deliberately hide something.
English: He decided to hide it to protect their feelings.
Decidió ocultarlo para proteger sus sentimientos.
English: Not revealing important information.
English: You shouldn’t have hidden it from your friends.
No debiste ocultarlo de tus amigos.
English: To cover or disguise something that should be seen.
English: The criminal tried to hide it behind the wall.
El criminal intentó ocultarlo detrás de la pared.

Etymology

English: From the Latin 'ocultare', which means 'to hide'.

Common Phrases and Expressions

English: to hide the truth
English: Not revealing the truth to someone.
ocultar la verdad
English: to hide something under the rug
English: Ignoring or not facing a problem.
ocultar algo bajo la alfombra

Related Words

English: concealment
English: The action of hiding.
ocultación
English: invisible
English: That which cannot be seen.
invisible
English: hiding place
English: Place where something is hidden.
escondite

Slang Meanings

English: To cover something that one does not want to show.
English: That party was quite clandestine; everyone was hiding it.
Esa fiesta fue algo clandestino, todos estaban ocultándolo.
English: To make someone unaware of something.
English: They hid it completely; he had no suspicion.
Lo ocultaron por completo, ni sospecha tenía.