- escamotear
- v.to juggle, to sneak, to bilk, to juggle away.* * *escamotear► verbo transitivo1 (hacer desaparecer) to make vanish, make disappear2 familiar (robar) to pinch, lift; (quitar) to take, withhold, keep back3 familiar (problema, dificultad) to skip, skirt round4 (ocultar) to keep secret* * *VT1) (=hacer desaparecer) to make vanish, whisk away; [+ naipe] to palm; (Téc) to retract2) * (=robar) to lift *, pinch *3) [+ hechos, verdad] to hide, cover up4) (=esquivar) [+ responsabilidad] to shirk* * *verbo transitivoa) (ocultar) <naipe> to palm; <informe> to keep ... secret
la navaja que había escamoteado — the knife he had slipped through o had kept hidden
b) (no dar) (+ me/te/le etc)le escamotean al espectador algo que ha pagado — they are cheating the audience out of something they have paid for
nos escamoteaban la información — they were keeping the information (secret) from us
* * *verbo transitivoa) (ocultar) <naipe> to palm; <informe> to keep ... secretla navaja que había escamoteado — the knife he had slipped through o had kept hidden
b) (no dar) (+ me/te/le etc)le escamotean al espectador algo que ha pagado — they are cheating the audience out of something they have paid for
nos escamoteaban la información — they were keeping the information (secret) from us
* * *escamotear [A1 ]vt1 (ocultar) ‹naipe› to palm; ‹informe› to keep … secretla navaja que había escamoteado en el aeropuerto the knife he had slipped through at o had kept hidden at the airportescamotearon el segundo informe they kept the second report secret, they concealed the second report, they did not make the second report public/available2 (no dar) (+ me/te/le etc):le escamotean al espectador algo que ha pagado they are robbing the audience of o (colloq) doing the audience out of something they have paid forla recompensa que le fue prometida y escamoteada the reward he was promised but never givennos escamoteaban la información they were not giving us the information, they were not allowing us access to the information, they were keeping the information (secret) from us* * *
escamotear (conjugate escamotear) verbo transitivoa) (ocultar) ‹naipe› to palm;
‹informe› to keep … secret;◊ nos escamoteaban la información they were keeping the information (secret) from usb) (robar) to swipe
escamotear vtr pey to scrimp, hold back on: no hay que escamotear en gastos, we don't have to hold back on expenses
* * *escamotear vt1. [ocultar] to keep secret;la prensa escamoteó información a la opinión pública the press concealed information from the public;el gobierno ha escamoteado los resultados de la encuesta the government has suppressed the results of the survey2. Fam [hurtar]escamotear algo a alguien to rob sb of sth;mi hermano me escamoteó la calculadora my brother swiped my calculator3. [hacer desaparecer] to (cause to) vanish* * *escamotearv/t1 (ocultar) hide, conceal2 (negar) withhold* * *escamotear vt1) : to palm, to conceal2) fam : to lift, to swipe3) : to hide, to cover up
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.