- manto
- m.1 cloak (capa).2 mantle (geology).3 layer, stratum, mantle.* * *manto► nombre masculino1 (capa) cloak2 (de la Tierra) layer, stratum3 figurado veil, cloak* * *SM1) (=capa) [para abrigarse] cloak; (Rel, Jur) robe, gown2) (Zool) mantle3) liter (=velo)
cuando la noche tiende su manto — when the world is cloaked in darkness
un manto de nieve cubría la colina — a blanket of snow covered the hill
4) (Min) layer, stratum5) (tb: manto de chimenea) mantel* * *masculino1) (Indum) cloakun manto de nieve — (liter) a mantle of snow (liter)
echar el manto del olvido sobre algo — to draw a veil over something
2) (Geol) stratum, layer•* * *= cloak.Ex. The city loomed far in the distance, with the darkness of nothing surrounding it like a protective cloak.----* bajo el manto de la noche = under the cover of darkness, under the cloak of darkness.* manto de nieve = cloak of white.* * *masculino1) (Indum) cloakun manto de nieve — (liter) a mantle of snow (liter)
echar el manto del olvido sobre algo — to draw a veil over something
2) (Geol) stratum, layer•* * *= cloak.Ex: The city loomed far in the distance, with the darkness of nothing surrounding it like a protective cloak.
* bajo el manto de la noche = under the cover of darkness, under the cloak of darkness.* manto de nieve = cloak of white.* * *mantomasculineA (Indum) cloakla ciudad amaneció cubierta con un manto de nieve (liter); when dawn came the city was covered by a mantle of snow (liter)la noche envolvió con su manto a la pequeña aldea (liter); night enveloped the little village in a cloak of darkness (liter)echar el manto del olvido sobre algo to draw a veil over sthCompuesto:manto negro(Arg) German shepherd, Alsatian (BrE)B (Geol) stratum, layerCompuestos:● manto freáticowater table● manto petrolíferooil-bearing stratum* * *
manto sustantivo masculino (Indum) cloak
'manto' also found in these entries:
English:
cloak
- mantle
* * *manto nm1. [indumentaria] cloak2. [de nieve, barro] mantle, layer;un manto de nieve cubría los campos the fields were blanketed in snow3. Geol [capa] stratum, layer;el manto terrestre the earth's mantleCompmanto freático aquifer4. Arg manto negro Alsatian, German Shepherd* * *mantom1 GEOL layer, stratum2 (capa) cloak;un manto de nieve a blanket of snow* * *manto nm1) : cloak2) : mantle (in geology)
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.