WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| shroud n | (burial garment) | mortaja nf |
| | | sudario nm |
| | The body was buried in a shroud. |
| | Enterraron el cuerpo con una mortaja. |
| shroud n | figurative (veil: mystery, secrecy) (literario) | velo nm |
| | There was a shroud of secrecy surrounding the circumstances of the minister's resignation. |
| | Un velo de secretismo rodeaba los motivos de la dimisión del ministro. |
| shroud [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | figurative (cover, conceal [sth], [sb]) | cubrir⇒ vtr |
| | | tapar⇒ vtr |
| | Thick fog shrouded the mountain tops. |
| | Una espesa niebla cubría los picos de las montañas. |
| shroud [sth/sb] in [sth] vtr + prep | (cover [sth], [sb] with [sth]) | cubrir a alguien con, envolver a alguien con loc verb |
| | | cubrir algo con loc verb |
| | Tim shrouded Daisy in a hooded cloak, so that she could pass unseen through the town. |
| | Tim cubrió a Daisy con una capa con capucha para que pudiera pasar desapercibida en el pueblo. |
| shroud [sth] in [sth] vtr + prep | figurative, often passive (obscure, cover [sth]) (misterioso) | envolver en vtr + prep |
| | | cubrir con vtr + prep |
| | Her disappearance was shrouded in mystery. |
| | Su desaparición estuvo envuelta en (or: cubierta con) un halo de misterio. |
| shroud [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (dead body: wrap) | amortajar⇒ vtr |
| | The undertaker shrouded the body. |
| | El enterrador amortajó el cuerpo. |
| Additional Translations |
| shroud n | usually plural (nautical: supporting rope) (marina) | obenque nm |
| | The sailor climbed the shrouds. |
| | El marinero se subió al obenque. |
shroud,
shroud line n | (parachute rope) | cuerda paracord loc nom f |
| | | cuerda de paracaídas nf + loc adj |
| | Shroud is sold by the spool. |
| | La cuerda paracord se vende en carretes. |
| shroud n | figurative ([sth] that covers) | cortina nf |
| | | velo nm |
| | | capa nf |
| | There was a shroud of fog over the mountain top. |
| | Una cortina de niebla cubría la cima de la montaña. |
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