voiler

voiler [vwale]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = cacher) to veil

• la plaine était voilée de brume the plain was shrouded in mist

   b. [+ roue] to buckle ; [+ planche] to warp

2. reflexive verb

► se voiler

   a. ( = porter un voile)

se voiler le visage [personne] to wear a veil ; [musulmane] to wear the veil

• se voiler la face (figurative) to close one's eyes (devant to)

   b. ( = devenir flou) [soleil] to mist over ; [ciel] to grow misty ; [regard, yeux] to mist over

   c. [roue] to buckle ; [planche] to warp

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vwale
1.

verbe transitif

1) (dissimuler) to veil [ciel, paysage, soleil]; to conceal [événement, fait]

2) (déformer) to buckle [roue]

3) (troubler) to mist [regard]

l'émotion voilait sa voix — his/her voice was choked with emotion

4) (couvrir d'étoffe) to cover [visage, nudité]; to veil [statue]

2.

se voiler verbe pronominal

1) (se troubler) [ciel] to cloud over; [soleil] to become hazy; [regard] to become misty; [voix] to have a catch in it

2) (avec étoffe) [musulmane] to wear the veil

se voiler le visage — to veil one's face

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se voiler la face — to look the other way

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vwale vt

1) (= cacher) to veil

2) PHOTOGRAPHIE to fog

3) (= fausser) [roue] to buckle, [bois] to warp

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voiler verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 (dissimuler) [nuage, brume] to veil [ciel, paysage, soleil]; [personne, fait] to conceal [événement, fait]; voiler son dépit to conceal one's annoyance;

2 (déformer) to buckle [roue]; to warp [panneau];

3 (troubler) [contrariété, expression] to mist [regard]; [émotion] to put a catch in [voix]; les larmes me voilaient le regard the tears were misting my vision;

4 (couvrir d'étoffe) to cover [visage, nudité]; to veil [statue].

B se voiler vpr

1 (se déformer) [roue] to buckle; [panneau] to warp;

2 (se troubler) [ciel] to cloud over; [soleil, paysage] to become hazy; [regard] to become misty; [voix] to have a catch in it;

3 (avec étoffe) [personne] to wear a veil; [musulmane] to wear the veil; se voiler le visage to veil one's face.

Idiome

se voiler la face to look the other way.

[vwale] verbe transitif

1. [couvrir] to veil, to hide, to cover

2. [rendre moins net - contours] to veil ; [ - lumière] to dim

le regard voilé par les larmes her eyes misty ou blurred with tears

[enrouer - voix] to make husky

la voix voilée par l'émotion/l'alcool his voice husky with emotion/thick with drink

3. (littéraire) [dissimuler - fautes] to conceal, to veil ; [ - motifs, vérité] to mask, to veil, to disguise

4. PHOTOGRAPHIE to fog

5. [déformer - métal] to buckle ; [ - bois, plastique] to warp

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se voiler verbe pronominal transitif

se voiler le visage [le couvrir] to wear a veil (over one's face)

se voiler la face to bury one's head in the sand, to hide from the truth

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se voiler verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [lune, soleil] to become hazy

[ciel - de nuages] to cloud over ; [ - de brume] to mist over, to become hazy ou misty

son regard s'était voilé

{{ind}}a. [mouillé de larmes] her eyes had misted over ou become blurred (with tears)

{{ind}}b. [terni par la mort] her eyes had become glazed

2. [voix] to grow ou to become husky

3. [métal] to buckle

[bois, plastique] to become warped