voiler
Meanings
Verb
1. to veil (cover with a veil) (transitive)
2. to cover up, to cloak, to veil (to restrict the view of something) (transitive)
3. to become cloudy, to become hazy (reflexive)
4. to cover up with a veil (reflexive)
Examples5
Arrêtons de nous voiler la face.
Let's stop fooling ourselves.
Les larmes voilent ses yeux.
Tears streamed like a curtain over his eyes.
Les algériens voilent leurs femmes mais les trompent aussi.
Algerians veil their wives but deceive them too.
Au matin, les brumes automnales voilent les montagnes.
In the morning, the mountains are shrouded in autumn mists.
Chaque matin, des brumes automnales voilent les montagnes.
Every morning, autumn mists shroud the mountains.