closet

armario

Armario o habitación pequeña donde se guardan ropa u otras cosas de la casa.

En inglés sencillo: A cupboard or small room where you keep clothes or other household things.

• My coats are in the closet.
• She cleaned out her bedroom closet.
• Does the apartment have enough closet space?

Sinónimos: cupboard, wardrobe

Expresiones frecuentes: bedroom closet, closet door, closet space

ocultamiento, armario

Situación de quien oculta algo personal a los demás, especialmente que es homosexual.

En inglés sencillo: A state of hiding something personal, especially being gay, from other people.

• He is still in the closet.
• She finally came out of the closet last year.
• Every family has a skeleton in the closet.

Cómo se usa: in the closet (He stayed in the closet because he feared rejection.); come out of the closet (She came out of the closet to her family.)

Sinónimos: secrecy, hiding

Expresiones frecuentes: in the closet, out of closet, closet of secrets

secreto, encubierto

Que mantiene ocultos sus intereses, creencias o algún aspecto de su identidad personal.

En inglés sencillo: Having an interest, belief, or personal identity that you keep hidden from others.

• He is a closet romantic.
• My sister is a closet fan of that band.
• Some closet supporters quietly donated money.

Sinónimos: secret, hidden

Antónimos: open

Expresiones frecuentes: closet romantic, closet fan, closet gay

encerrarse

Encerrarse con alguien para hablar de algo en privado.

En inglés sencillo: To shut yourself away with someone to discuss something privately.

• They closeted themselves for a private discussion.
• The minister was closeted with her advisers.
• He closeted himself in his office to negotiate the deal.

Cómo se usa: closet yourself with someone (She closeted herself with her advisers.); be closeted with someone (The director was closeted with the lawyers all morning.)

Sinónimos: shut away

Expresiones frecuentes: closet yourself away, closet yourself with someone