acobertarverb/ɐkubɨɾˈtaɾ/mediuma·co·ber·tarPortuguesEnglishEspanolFrancaisDefinitionTo protect or hide something or someone, especially a fault or crime.He tried to acobertar his colleague's mistake.The snow acoberted the entire landscape.syncover upconcealshieldantrevealexposediscloseCommon collocationsacobertar a crimeacobertar the truthacobertar evidenceEtymologyDo latim 'cooperire'.Related wordscoberturacobertoacobertamento