Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

blanquear

English translation:

come clean about

Added to glossary by patinba
Aug 14, 2022 15:16
1 yr ago
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Spanish term

blanquear

Spanish to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters habla coloquial
En el Río de la Plata (no sé si también en otros países hispanohablantes) se habla mucho de "blanquear una relación amorosa actual", "blanquear el pasado personal", "blanquear la existencia de un hijo (habido con otra persona)", etc. No es un término legal ni económico, es coloquial; arrastra las connotaciones de "revelar", "mostrar", "confesar", "hacer bueno algo que antes estaba oculto". En particular: también incluye el mérito de "tener las agallas para decirlo uno mismo".
Proposed translations (English)
4 +10 come clean about
Change log

Aug 28, 2022 11:55: patinba Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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21 mins
Selected

come clean about

Explanation:
Claro que "reveal", "disclose" etc funcionan bien en tus diversos contextos, pero si estás buscando algo más coloquial, esta frase idiomática te puede llegar a servir.

Meaning of come clean in English

come clean
idiom

to tell the truth about something that you have been keeping secret:
I thought it was time to come clean (with everybody) about what I'd been doing.
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : Though the exact translation will depend on the context, which we don't have. http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/blanquear
1 hr
Thank you!
agree Marie Wilson
3 hrs
Thank you!
agree Carol Gullidge
4 hrs
Thank you!
agree AllegroTrans : Right idea I think, but as asker hasn't posted actual text containing this, there may be a better term
4 hrs
Thank you!
agree Andrew Bramhall : " air your dirty linen in public' is simillar, except it's seen as something negative;
7 hrs
Thank you!
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
9 hrs
Thank you!
agree neilmac : Most likely (more context would've been nice)....
18 hrs
Thank you!
agree Beatriz Ramírez de Haro : As per Asker's explanation.
19 hrs
Yes. Particularly the fact that a merit element is involved. Thank you!
agree Marcelo González
1 day 2 hrs
Gracias!
agree claudia bagnardi
3 days 38 mins
Gracias !
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