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1 shroud
1. noun1) (a cloth wrapped around a dead body.) mortaja2) (something that covers: a shroud of mist.) velo
2. verb(to cover or hide: The incident was shrouded in mystery.) envolvertr[ʃraʊd]1 SMALLRELIGION/SMALL mortaja, sudario2 figurative use (of mist, secrecy) velo1 figurative use envolver\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be shrouded in something estar envuelto,-a en un velo de algoshroud ['ʃraʊd] vt: envolvershroud n1) : sudario m, mortaja f2) veil: velo mwrapped in a shroud of mystery: envuelto en un aura de misterion.• mortaja s.f.• sudario s.m.v.• amortajar v.
I ʃraʊdnoun ( for corpse) mortaja f, sudario ma shroud of secrecy — (journ) un velo de silencio
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transitive verb envolver*[ʃraʊd]to be shrouded IN something: the town was shrouded in fog (liter) un velo de niebla envolvía la ciudad (liter); a case shrouded in mystery — (journ) un caso envuelto en un velo de misterio, un caso rodeado de misterio
1. Nthe Shroud of Turin — la Sábana Santa de Turín, el Santo Sudario de Turín
2) (fig)a shroud of mystery — un velo or halo de misterio
3) shrouds (Naut) obenques mpl2. VT1) [+ corpse] amortajar2) (fig) velar, cubrir* * *
I [ʃraʊd]noun ( for corpse) mortaja f, sudario ma shroud of secrecy — (journ) un velo de silencio
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transitive verb envolver*to be shrouded IN something: the town was shrouded in fog (liter) un velo de niebla envolvía la ciudad (liter); a case shrouded in mystery — (journ) un caso envuelto en un velo de misterio, un caso rodeado de misterio
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