Meanings (ES + gloss)
contracorriente • infracorriente • subcorriente
A current of water which flows under the surface, and often in a different direction from surface currents.
[W]e have a surface current of saltish water from the poles towards the equator, and an undercurrent of water, saltier and heavier, from the equator to the poles. This undercurrent…
corriente subyacente • trasfondo
A tendency of feeling or opinion that is concealed rather than exposed.
All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her, like the thought of a man who keeps up a dialogue while he is considering how he can slip away.
The meeting was pervaded with an undercurrent of dread, as the managers tried not to admit that firings were looming.
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