occult

ocultismo

Creencias y prácticas relacionadas con la magia, los espíritus y poderes misteriosos que se consideran sobrenaturales.

En inglés sencillo: Magic, spirits, and mysterious powers or practices believed to go beyond the natural world.

• He is interested in the occult.
• The library has several books on the occult.
• Her research explores the occult in nineteenth-century fiction.

Cómo se usa: the occult (She studies the occult and its influence on art.)

Expresiones frecuentes: the occult, study the occult, interest in the occult

oculto

Presente en una cantidad demasiado pequeña para verse, pero detectable mediante una prueba química.

En inglés sencillo: Present but too small to see, and found using a chemical test.

• The test found occult blood in the sample.
• Doctors checked the stool for occult blood.
• Occult blood cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Expresiones frecuentes: occult blood, occult blood test

oculto

Que está presente en el cuerpo, pero no se detecta fácilmente en un examen habitual.

En inglés sencillo: Present in the body but hidden or difficult to notice during an ordinary examination.

• The scan revealed an occult fracture.
• Doctors suspected an occult injury after the fall.
• Further tests identified an occult tumour.

Sinónimos: hidden, undetected

Expresiones frecuentes: occult fracture, occult tumour, occult injury

oculto

Que está presente en el cuerpo, pero no se detecta fácilmente en un examen habitual.

En inglés sencillo: Present in the body but hidden or difficult to notice during an ordinary examination.

• The scan revealed an occult fracture.
• Doctors suspected an occult injury after the fall.
• Further tests identified an occult tumour.

Sinónimos: hidden, undetected

Expresiones frecuentes: occult fracture, occult tumour, occult injury

oculto

Que está presente en el cuerpo, pero no se detecta fácilmente en un examen habitual.

En inglés sencillo: Present in the body but hidden or difficult to notice during an ordinary examination.

• The scan revealed an occult fracture.
• Doctors suspected an occult injury after the fall.
• Further tests identified an occult tumour.

Sinónimos: hidden, undetected

Expresiones frecuentes: occult fracture, occult tumour, occult injury

ocultar

Impedir que algo se vea al pasar o situarse delante de ello.

En inglés sencillo: To hide something from view by passing or standing in front of it.

• The planet will occult the star tonight.
• Astronomers watched the Moon occult a distant star.
• The smaller object was occulted by the larger one.

Sinónimos: obscure, hide, conceal

Antónimos: reveal

Expresiones frecuentes: occult a star, occult the moon