filtrarse

filtrarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (pasar a través) to filter

■ la luz se filtraba a través de la cortina the light filtered through the curtain

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VPR

1) [líquido] to seep, leak; [luz, sonido] to filter

el agua se filtraba por las paredes — water was seeping o leaking in through the walls

el sol se filtraba a través de las cortinas — the sun filtered through the curtains

2) (=desaparecer) [dinero, bienes] to disappear

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(v.) = seep through, percolate, seep into, seep

Ex. The consequences were beginning to seep through to respondents at the time of the visits made to them and were creating a great deal of concern.

Ex. A culture of violence and hatred seems to have percolated through the corridors of the institutions of learning particularly schools.

Ex. Rampant commercialism is seeping into every crevice of American culture.

Ex. The outer edges of the sheet -- the deckle edges -- are rough and uneven where the stuff seeped between the deckle and the mould.

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(v.) = seep through, percolate, seep into, seep

Ex: The consequences were beginning to seep through to respondents at the time of the visits made to them and were creating a great deal of concern.

Ex: A culture of violence and hatred seems to have percolated through the corridors of the institutions of learning particularly schools.

Ex: Rampant commercialism is seeping into every crevice of American culture.

Ex: The outer edges of the sheet -- the deckle edges -- are rough and uneven where the stuff seeped between the deckle and the mould.

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■filtrarse verbo reflexivo
1 (líquido) seep
2 (una noticia) to leak out
'filtrarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
filtrar
English:
filter out
- filter through
- get out
- leak
- seep
- filter
- percolate

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vpr

1. [penetrar] to filter, to seep (por through);

la luz se filtra por una rendija the light filters in through a crack;

la humedad se filtra por la pared the damp seeps through the wall

2. [información, noticia] to be leaked

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filtrarse

v/r filter (por through); de agua, información leak

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vr

: to seep through, to leak

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filtrarse vb

1. (líquidos) to leak / to seep

el agua de lluvia se ha filtrado por la pared the rain has seeped in through the wall

2. (luz) to filter

la luz se filtraba por la persiana light was filtering in through the blind

3. (información) to leak

se ha filtrado a la prensa la noticia de su dimisión the news of his resignation has been leaked to the press