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English term or phrase:	fig leaf
Spanish translation:	hoja de parra
Entered by:	Michael Powers (PhD)

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08:26 Jul 15, 2011

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Journalism

English term or phrase: fig leaf

"liberty" was a virtual synonym for rolling back labor unions and progressive taxation, a fig leaf for the class interests of the Du Ponts and the B.F. Goodriches.

"libertad" era un sinónimo virtual para reducir los sindicatos y la tributación progresiva, la cortina de humo para los intereses de clase de los DuPonts y los B.F. Goodriches.

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hoja de parra

Explanation:
en el sentido figurado

Mike

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Rebelion. Las revoluciones árabes y el imaginario democrático - [ Translate this page ]www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=125950 - CachedYou +1'd this publicly. Undo
7 Abr 2011 – ... simplemente ocultaba los intereses económicos dominantes de la burguesía detrás de una hoja de parra de política parlamentaria. ...
►Las revoluciones árabes y el imaginario democrático - América ... - [ Translate this page ]alainet.org/active/45535 - CachedYou +1'd this publicly. Undo
1 Abr 2011 – ... simplemente ocultaba los intereses económicos dominantes de la burguesía detrás de una hoja de parra de política parlamentaria. ...

Hache - [ Translate this page ]www.henrynarvaezperlaza.blogspot.com/ - CachedYou +1'd this publicly. Undo
11 May 2011 – ... liberándolo de intereses económicos o morales que han obligado a los artistas a tapar el cuerpo masculino con una “hoja de parra”. ...

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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 05:56

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4 +3

hoja de parra

Michael Powers (PhD)

4 +1

una máscara

xxxFVS

subterfugio

Rocio Montero

cortina de humo

Salloz

3 +1

(una) manera elegante de disfrazar

Mónica Algazi

un ardid (para disfrazar los intereses...)

Christine Walsh

4 -1

taparrabos

cgowar

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3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

hoja de parra

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 05:56
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 27

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Asker: No podría ser cortina de humo, o disfraz, y en cuanto a la s de Duponts al decir los , tendría que decirse Duponts.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Ruth Wöhlk

27 mins

-> Gracias, Ruth - Mike

agree

darwinista

34 mins

-> Gracias, darwinista - Mike

agree

moken: Yo mantendría la imagen, quizá hasta con diminutivo: hojita. En mi opinión, se trata de un interés mal disimulado que pretende aparentar ser puro e inocente. Creo que la hoa transmite ambas ideas. :O) :O)

37 mins

-> Me parece una sugerencia muy buena, Álvaro, con tal que no se caiga la hoja.Qué imagen más horrible será. Mike

disagree

elere: while the literal meaning is correct, here demands a non literal, figurative translation--- la traducción literal del sentido figurativo es correcta,(hoja de parra como taparrabos) pero no suena bien-aunque haya miles de traducciones malas en la web

2 hrs

-> No, the literal meaning is "hoja de higuera" - what i used was the figurative meaning. Look at the examples I provided which are only a few of many thousand.

agree

anademahomar

14 hrs

-> Gracias, anademahomar - Mike

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

una máscara

Explanation:
digo yo

xxxFVS
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

taparrabos

Explanation:
En castellano se usa mucho con ese sentido:

"Soberanía es un término que se usa de taparrabos para ocultar inmundicias como la opresión de los dictadores que se rehúsan a dejar el poder para que la democracia como una primavera arribe con el bullicio de las libertades..."
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&id_nota=723324
" Levanta las banderas de reivindicación de las naciones autóctonas sólo como taparrabos para ocultar su política francamente pro-burguesa."
http://www.marxismo.org/?q=node/2924

cgowar
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 48

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

(una) manera elegante de disfrazar

Explanation:
Otra posibilidad.

Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Local time: 06:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 48

5 hrs confidence:

subterfugio

Explanation:
subterfugio: m. Excusa o pretexto artificioso que se usa para evadir un compromiso: dime la verdad y déjate de subterfugios.

http://www.wordreference.com/definicion/subterfugio

Rocio Montero
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Galician

6 hrs confidence:

cortina de humo

Explanation:
...una cortina de humo para encubrir los intereses...

Salloz
Local time: 04:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 28

10 hrs confidence:

un ardid (para disfrazar los intereses...)

Explanation:
Una versión bastante neutra

Christine Walsh
Local time: 06:56
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 20

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Jul 29, 2011 - Changes made by Michael Powers (PhD):
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