OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 3569

cover

/ˈkʌvɚ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
de cubierta
Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
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📚 noun • entry_id 3568

cover

/ˈkʌvɚ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cobertero • cobertor • cubertura • cubierta • cubrimiento • funda • tapa • tapadera • tapador
A lid.
carátula • cubierta • portada • tapa
The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
cobertor • colcha • sábana
The top sheet of a bed.
cubierto
A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
We need to set another cover for the Smith party.
When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with m…
abrigadero • abrigaño • amparo • guarimiento • refugio • salvamento
A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
cubierta • identidad falsa
A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 3570

cover

/ˈkʌvɚ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
abarcar • mencionar
To have under one’s scope or purview.
Richard Morgan covers science for The Economist, The New York Times, Scientific American, and Wired.
cubrir
To be enough money for.
Ten dollars should cover lunch.
We've earned enough to cover most of our costs.
suplir
To act as a replacement.
I need to take off Tuesday. Can you cover for me?
versionar
To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
I'm surprised that the band covered this Beatles song so well.