Cubrir

cobrir

v. overlay, cover; plate, coat; suffuse; drape, blanket; fence; travel; walk; mount; serve

= cover, relate to, smother, take + care of, canopy, cover, line, blanket, address, cover up, top with.
Ex: This started in 1980, and has around forty members who receive some support to cover telephone charges.
Ex: The major difference is that a periodical index relates to a number of issues and to contributions from a number of different authors.
Ex: This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.
Ex: The matter of bulk is well taken care of by improved microfilm.
Ex: The university buildings are grouped about stretches of greensward crisscrossed by paths and canopied by impressive trees.
Ex: I have used the following as structures on which to mount displays: packing cases used like building blocks and attractively covered and painted.
Ex: The books meanwhile had been sewn on to sawn-in cords, or on to tapes, and their spines had been lined with strips of muslin and paper = Por su porte, los libros eran cosidos a nervios o cintas, y los lomos, forrados con tiras de muselina y papel.
Ex: This type of broom is extremely competitive with the native flora, blanketing the ground and preventing growth of many understorey species in many areas.
Ex: The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.
Ex: The grating was used to cover up dryer and toilet vents on the side of the building.
Ex: Place one shortcake on a plate, top with about half of the peaches and whipped cream .
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* cubre hasta la rodilla = knee deep.
* cubrir Algo con la mano = cup + Posesivo + hand + over + Nombre.
* cubrir con tablas = board up.
* cubrir con toldo = canopy.
* cubrir de = flood with.
* cubrir de grava = gravel.
* cubrir de gravilla = gravel.
* cubrir gastos = allow for + costs, cover + costs.
* cubrir lagunas = fill + lacunae.
* cubrir la mayoría de las necesidades = go + most of the way.
* cubrir las necesidades de = provide for.
* cubrir la superficie de Algo = surface.
* cubrirse contra = hedge against.
* cubrirse de cardenales = go + black and blue.
* cubrirse de moratones = go + black and blue.
* cubrir toda la gama = run + the gamut.
* cubrir todo el espectro = run + the gamut.
* cubrir una laguna = fill + gap, fill + the breach.
* cubrir una necesidad = cover + need, meet + need, serve + need, fill + need, fulfil + need, speak to + need.
* cubrir una vacante = fill + vacancy.
* cubrir un objetivo = meet + objective, meet + purpose.
* cubrir un puesto de trabajo = fill + position.
* cubrir un uso = address + use.
* para cubrir gastos = on a cost-recovery basis.
* para cubrirse las espaldas = as a backup.
* que cubre hasta la rodilla = knee deep.
* que cubre hasta los tobillos = ankle deep.
* que cubre todo el cuerpo = head to toe.
* sin cubrir = unfilled.

bedecken;bekleiden;zudecken;decken

cubrir