desenmascarar

v.

to unmask.

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desenmascarar

► verbo transitivo

1 to unmask

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VT (lit) to unmask; (fig) to unmask, expose

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verbo transitivo <bandido/encapuchado> to unmask; <estafador/culpable> to expose, unmask

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= unmask, debunk, uncover.

Ex. The author suggests that 'unmasking' technology - looking beyond its glitz and power - should begin with an honest assessment of 3 essential components: librarians' attitudes, users' attitudes, and librarians' values.

Ex. Process reengineering is in the debunking phase of its life cycle - an evolutionary pattern in which management ideas and techniques are first presented as panaceas for business success and subsequently debunked as worthless.

Ex. It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.

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* desenmascarar a Alguien = blow + Posesivo + cover.

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verbo transitivo <bandido/encapuchado> to unmask; <estafador/culpable> to expose, unmask

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= unmask, debunk, uncover.

Ex: The author suggests that 'unmasking' technology - looking beyond its glitz and power - should begin with an honest assessment of 3 essential components: librarians' attitudes, users' attitudes, and librarians' values.

Ex: Process reengineering is in the debunking phase of its life cycle - an evolutionary pattern in which management ideas and techniques are first presented as panaceas for business success and subsequently debunked as worthless.

Ex: It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.

* desenmascarar a Alguien = blow + Posesivo + cover.

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desenmascarar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹bandido/encapuchado› to unmask

2 ‹estafador/culpable› to expose, unmask

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desenmascarar verbo transitivo
1 (los sentimientos, las intenciones) to expose, unmask: desenmascararon al culpable del asesinato, they revealed the identity of the murderer
2 (quitar la máscara) to unmask
'desenmascarar' also found in these entries:
English:
expose
- unmask
- cover

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desenmascarar vt

[descubrir] to unmask;

un empleado del banco logró desenmascarar al atracador a bank employee managed to remove the robber's mask;

desenmascarar al culpable to unmask o expose the culprit

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desenmascarar

v/t fig

unmask, expose

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desenmascarar vt

: to unmask, to expose