sepultar

v.

to bury.

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sepultar

► verbo transitivo

1 to bury

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VT

1) (=enterrar) [gen] to bury; [en mina] to trap, bury

quedaron sepultados bajo la roca — they were buried under the rock

2) (=ocultar) to hide away, conceal

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verbo transitivo

a) (frml) <muerto> to inter (frml), to bury

b) (period) (cubrir)

el pueblo quedó sepultado bajo las aguas — the town was totally submerged

fue sepultado por un alud de nieve — he was buried by an avalanche

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= inter, bury.

Ex. The author talks about the funerary role played by chapter houses where bishops or important patrons were interred.

Ex. And if the topic does become tomorrow's carrion, it would not, perhaps, be inappropriate that it was buried under its own dead horse subject heading.

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verbo transitivo

a) (frml) <muerto> to inter (frml), to bury

b) (period) (cubrir)

el pueblo quedó sepultado bajo las aguas — the town was totally submerged

fue sepultado por un alud de nieve — he was buried by an avalanche

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= inter, bury.

Ex: The author talks about the funerary role played by chapter houses where bishops or important patrons were interred.

Ex: And if the topic does become tomorrow's carrion, it would not, perhaps, be inappropriate that it was buried under its own dead horse subject heading.

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sepultar [A1 ]

vt

1 (frml); ‹muerto› to inter (frml), to bury

2 (period)

(cubrir): el pueblo quedó sepultado bajo las aguas the town was totally submerged

los montañeros fueron sepultados por un alud de nieve the mountaineers were buried o (liter) entombed by an avalanche

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sepultar (conjugate sepultar) verbo transitivo

a) (frml) ‹muerto› to inter (frml), to bury

b) (period) (cubrir):

◊ fue sepultado por un alud de nieve he was buried by an avalanche

sepultar verbo transitivo
1 to bury, entomb
2 fig (cubrir) conceal, bury
'sepultar' also found in these entries:
English:
bury
- engulf

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sepultar vt

1. [enterrar] to bury

2. [cubrir] to bury;

el corrimiento de tierras sepultó a diez personas the landslide buried ten people;

la avalancha sepultó el pueblo the avalanche buried the village

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sepultar

v/t bury

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sepultar vt

enterrar: to bury

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sepultar vb to bury [pt. & pp. buried]