encubrir

/enkuˈbɾiɾ/ · B1 · verb

to conceal, to cover up

🙈 en + cubrir = in + cover, so to put something under cover

Cubrir comes from Latin cooperire, the same root as English cover. Adding en- (into) gives encubrir: to put a secret or a crime under cover. It is the cover in cover-up.

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