verbrämen

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (weak) to embellish (a piece of clothing), especially with a trimming, edging, brim
  2. (figuratively, weak) to mask, veil, cloud, sugarcoat (euphemize something negative, especially by making it vague)
  3. (broadly, rare, weak) to misname, to describe with inappropriate terms (be they positive or negative)

Sinónimos

einsäumen

ins rechte Licht rücken

umsäumen

weißeln

positiv darstellen

bordieren

mit einem Glorienschein versehen

mit einem Glorienschein umgeben

günstig darstellen

ins rechte Licht setzen

in ein gutes Licht rücken

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/feʁˈbʁɛːmən/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

15th century, from ver- + brämen (now obsolete), from Middle High German bremen (“to provide with a trimming”), derived from *brem (“trimming, edging”, attested 15th c., see Bräme). The noun is cognate with English brim. The ä-spelling reflects the Middle High German open ë-vowel.

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