Polyglot Dictionary

recatar

/rekaˈtaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
recato
preterite (yo)
recaté
past participle
recatado

Meaning

  1. to conceal

    • Se recató de hablar.

      He held back from speaking.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

ocultar

ocultar and recatar are close synonyms for "to conceal," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

dissimular

dissimular is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to conceal."

Practice

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