entrever

v.

1 to barely make out.

2 to see signs of.

3 to glimpse, to be able to see, to peek at, to spell out.

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entrever

Conjugation model [VER], like {{link=ver}}ver (pp entrevisto,-a)

► verbo transitivo

1 to glimpse, catch sight of, make out

■ entrevimos unas casas a lo lejos we could make out some houses in the distance

2 figurado (conjeturar) to guess, suspect

■ entreveo lo que pretende I can guess what he wants

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dejar entrever to hint

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verb

1) to glimpse

2) make out

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VT

1) (=vislumbrar) to make out

podía entrever una luz a lo lejos — I could just make out a light in the distance

dejar entrever algo — to suggest sth, hint at sth

dejó entrever la posibilidad de que me renovaran el contrato — he suggested that my contract might be renewed, he hinted at the possibility of my contract being renewed

dejó entrever sus reservas sobre la moneda única — he let it be seen o known that he had reservations over the single currency

estas manifestaciones dejan entrever fisuras en el partido — these demonstrations seem to suggest divisions within the party

2) (=adivinar) to guess

supo entrever sus verdaderas intenciones — she guessed his true intentions

3) (=presentir) to glimpse

podemos entrever una solución — we can glimpse a solution

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verbo transitivo

a) (ver confusamente) to make out

b) <solución/acuerdo> to begin to see

ha dejado entrever que ... — she has hinted o suggested that ...

esto deja entrever una posible solución — this gives a glimpse of a possible solution

todo deja entrever que ... — everything seems to suggest that ...

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= catch + glimpse, make out, glimpse.

Ex. From time to time librarians do catch a fleeting glimpse of how others see them when some journalist or academic does articulate this widespread phobia.

Ex. She could just make out that he was standing against the wall near the door, ready to jump anyone who came out the door.

Ex. The shape of space: have cosmologists glimpsed signs that the universe is bounded?.

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* dejar entrever = provide + a glimpse of, insinuate, hint, hint at, give + a hint, intimate.

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verbo transitivo

a) (ver confusamente) to make out

b) <solución/acuerdo> to begin to see

ha dejado entrever que ... — she has hinted o suggested that ...

esto deja entrever una posible solución — this gives a glimpse of a possible solution

todo deja entrever que ... — everything seems to suggest that ...

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= catch + glimpse, make out, glimpse.

Ex: From time to time librarians do catch a fleeting glimpse of how others see them when some journalist or academic does articulate this widespread phobia.

Ex: She could just make out that he was standing against the wall near the door, ready to jump anyone who came out the door.

Ex: The shape of space: have cosmologists glimpsed signs that the universe is bounded?.

* dejar entrever = provide + a glimpse of, insinuate, hint, hint at, give + a hint, intimate.

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entrever [E29 ]

vt

1 (ver confusamente) to make out

a lo lejos entreveía el pueblo I could just make out o see the village in the distance

2 ‹solución/acuerdo› to begin to see

ha dejado entrever que no habrá más cambios she has hinted o suggested that there will be no more changes

esto deja entrever una posible solución this gives a glimpse of a possible solution

todo deja entrever que habrá enfrentamientos everything seems to suggest that there will be clashes

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entrever (conjugate entrever) verbo transitivo

a) (ver confusamente) to make out

b) ‹solución/acuerdo› to begin to see;

◊ ha dejado entrever que … she has hinted o suggested that …

entrever verbo transitivo
1 (atisbar, ver sin claridad) to glimpse, catch sight of
2 (sospechar, intuir) entrevió la posibilidad de éxito, she glimpsed a chance of success
♦ Locuciones: dejar entrever, to hint at
'entrever' also found in these entries:
English:
give

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entrever

♦ vt

1. [vislumbrar] to barely make out;

[por un instante] to glimpse;

entrevimos unas luces a lo lejos we glimpsed some lights in the distance;

sólo pude entrever su rostro I could barely make out his face

2. [adivinar] to see signs of;

he podido entrever cierta ironía en sus palabras I could detect a certain irony in his words;

dejar entrever algo [sujeto: persona] to hint at sth;

[sujeto: hecho] to suggest o indicate sth;

dejó entrever que se volvería a presentar a las elecciones he hinted that he would stand again as a candidate;

sus gestos dejan entrever que está arrepentido his gestures suggest that he is sorry

♦ See also the pronominal verb entreverse

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entrever

<part entrevisto> v/t make out, see

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entrever {88} vt

1) : to catch a glimpse of

2) : to make out, to see indistinctly