curtain

cortina, telón

Tela que se cuelga para cubrir una ventana o puerta, o para ocultar un escenario.

En inglés sencillo: A hanging piece of cloth that covers a window or door, or hides a stage.

• Please close the curtain.
• The curtains kept the bedroom dark.
• The stage curtain rose, and the actors appeared.

Sinónimos: drape

Expresiones frecuentes: window curtain, stage curtain, close a curtain, bedroom curtain

cortina

Capa de agua, humo u otra materia que impide ver o pasar a través de ella.

En inglés sencillo: A layer of something, such as water or smoke, that prevents you from seeing or passing through.

• A curtain of rain hid the hills.
• Smoke formed a thick curtain across the road.
• We walked behind the curtain of falling water.

Cómo se usa: a curtain of something (A curtain of mist covered the valley.)

Sinónimos: screen, barrier

Expresiones frecuentes: curtain of smoke, curtain of rain, curtain of water

inicio de la función

Hora a la que empieza una función de teatro.

En inglés sencillo: The time when a theatre show begins.

• We arrived just before curtain.
• Curtain is at eight tonight.
• The actors were still getting dressed ten minutes before curtain.

Expresiones frecuentes: before curtain, after curtain, curtain time

poner cortinas, separar con cortinas

Colgar cortinas sobre algo o a su alrededor para cubrirlo o separarlo de otro espacio.

En inglés sencillo: To hang cloth over or around something to cover it or separate it from another space.

• They curtained off a corner of the room.
• The small windows were curtained with blue fabric.
• We can curtain off the sleeping area.

Cómo se usa: curtain something off (The nurse curtained the bed off.)

Sinónimos: screen, screen off

Expresiones frecuentes: curtain off something, curtain a window