disimular

v.

1 to hide, to conceal.

2 to pretend.

lo disimulas muy mal you're not very good at hiding it

3 to dissimulate, to mask, to disguise, to hide.

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disimular

► verbo transitivo

1 (ocultar) to hide, conceal

■ no sabía cómo disimular su miedo he couldn't hide his fear

2 (disculpar) to excuse, overlook

■ la madre disimulaba las travesuras del hijo the mother overlooked her son's naughtiness

3 (disfrazar) to disguise, hide

► verbo intransitivo

1 to pretend, dissemble

■ no disimules stop pretending

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verb

to conceal

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1. VT

1) [+ emoción, alegría, tristeza] to hide, conceal

no pudo disimular lo que sentía — he couldn't hide o conceal what he felt

2) [+ defecto, roto] to cover up, hide; [+ sabor, olor] to hide

disimuló la mancha con un poco de pintura — she covered up o hid the mark with a bit of paint

3) † (=perdonar) to excuse

2.

VI (=fingir) to pretend

lo sé todo, así que no disimules — I know everything so don't bother pretending

has sido tú, no disimules — it was you, don't pretend it wasn't

ahí está Juan: disimula — there's Juan: pretend you haven't seen him

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <alegría/rabia/dolor> to hide, conceal

será muy tímida, pero lo disimula muy bien — if she is shy, she certainly hides it well

b) <defecto/imperfección> to hide, disguise

2.

disimular vi

no sabe disimular — she's no good at hiding things o pretending

disimula, que nos están mirando — act normal, we're being watched

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= disguise, dissimulate, dissemble.

Ex. But when the other approaches were examined and analyzed with care, it turned out that another 16 percent were disguised subject searches.

Ex. He highlights the fact that the amount of time spent lying, dissimulating, and conforming in matters of religious faith was a huge issue in the 16th century.

Ex. On Sunday it was Vice President Cheney who dissembled about the impact of the tax cuts on the federal budget deficit and the relative size of the deficit.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <alegría/rabia/dolor> to hide, conceal

será muy tímida, pero lo disimula muy bien — if she is shy, she certainly hides it well

b) <defecto/imperfección> to hide, disguise

2.

disimular vi

no sabe disimular — she's no good at hiding things o pretending

disimula, que nos están mirando — act normal, we're being watched

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= disguise, dissimulate, dissemble.

Ex: But when the other approaches were examined and analyzed with care, it turned out that another 16 percent were disguised subject searches.

Ex: He highlights the fact that the amount of time spent lying, dissimulating, and conforming in matters of religious faith was a huge issue in the 16th century.

Ex: On Sunday it was Vice President Cheney who dissembled about the impact of the tax cuts on the federal budget deficit and the relative size of the deficit.

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disimular [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹alegría/rabia/dolor› to hide, conceal

por mucho que quiera disimularlo much as he would like to hide o conceal it

será muy tímida, pero lo disimula muy bien if she is shy, she certainly hides it well

2 ‹defecto/imperfección› to hide, disguise

■ disimular

vi

todos se dan cuenta porque no sabe disimular everybody knows what's going on because she's no good at hiding things o pretending o (frml) she can't dissemble

disimula, que nos están mirando act normal, we're being watched

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disimular (conjugate disimular) verbo transitivo

a) ‹alegría/rabia/dolor› to hide, conceal

b) ‹defecto/imperfección› to hide, disguise

disimular
I verbo transitivo to conceal, hide: no supe disimular la rabia, I couldn't hide my anger
II verbo intransitivo to pretend: no sé disimular, I can't pretend
'disimular' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desprecio
- disfraz
- enmascarar
- nerviosismo
- solapar
- disfrazar
English:
conceal
- cover up
- disguise
- cover

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disimular

♦ vt

[ocultar] to hide, to conceal;

lo disimulas muy mal you're not very good at hiding it;

no podía disimular la risa she couldn't hide her laughter;

disimulaba los rotos del pantalón con parches she covered up the tears in her trousers with patches

♦ vi

to pretend;

no disimules, que te he visto don't try to pretend, I saw you;

¡qué mal disimulas! you're so obvious!, you're so bad at pretending!;

disimula y sigue caminando just act natural and keep walking

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disimular

I v/t disguise

II v/i pretend

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disimular vi

: to dissemble, to pretend

disimular vt

: to conceal, to hide

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disimular vb

1. (fingir) to pretend

no disimules, sé que me has oído don't bother pretending, I know you heard me

disimula, que ahora viene act normal, he's coming now

2. (ocultar) to hide [pt. hid; pp. hidden]

no pudo disimular su sorpresa she couldn't hide her surprise