operio

Meaning

1. (conjugation-4) to cover (over something); envelop
2. (conjugation-4) to shut, close; (by extension)
3. (conjugation-4, figuratively) to hide, conceal, dissemble
4. (conjugation-4, figuratively) to overwhelm, burden
5. (conjugation-4, figuratively) to atone for, cover, cause to be forgotten

Concepts

cover

shut in

embay

Opposite of

adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō

Synonyms

arceo

involvo

tego

corono

👑

implico

Translations

embolicar

decken

einhüllen

einschließen

einwickeln

umfassen

umhüllen

umschließen

mitsenden

beipacken

τυλίγω

couvrir

envelopper

cintare

يلف

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ɔˈpɛ.ri.oː]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *opwerjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ópi (“at, near”) (whence ob) + *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”) + *-ye-. Cognate with Sanskrit अपिवृणोति (apivṛṇoti, “to close, cover”), Oscan veru (“door”, pl.), Ancient Greek ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”), Lithuanian atvérti (“to open”), Proto-Slavic *ot(ъ)verti (“to open”), and Old Armenian գեր (ger, “above, hyper-”). See also aperiō.