Englisch-Portugiesisch Übersetzung für whitewash
- branquear'Enverdecer? o desempenho social e ambiental é tão mau como "branquear" lucros. "Greenwashing" your social and environmental performance is as bad as "whitewashing" profits. A resolução em apreço vem branquear esta situação e o nosso grupo não a apoiará. The resolution on the table whitewashes this state of affairs, and our group will not support it. O que o senhor deputado Roszkowski afirmou, nomeadamente, que o Grupo Social-Democrata está a tentar branquear alguma coisa, não é verdade. What Mr Roszkowski said is not true, namely that the Social Democratic group is trying to whitewash something.
- caiar
- cal
- encobrirPor esta razão, lamento as tentativas do Governo britânico no sentido de atenuar as críticas formuladas neste relatório, de corrigir a história e de encobrir os erros do passado.For that reason, I am saddened by attempts from the British Government to water down this report, to rewrite history and effectively to whitewash the past.
Definition für whitewash
- A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white
- A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep
- Any liquid composition for whitening something, such as a wash for making the skin fair
- A campaign to paper over unfavorable elements
- To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence
- To cover over errors or bad actions
- To repay the financial debts of (another person
- To prevent a team from scoring any runs
- To make over so that it is or seems more white, for example by applying makeup to a person, or by covering over the participation of people of color in an event and focusing on only white participation
Anwendungsbeispiele
- The houses looked very bright when they whitewashed the whole neighborhood
- In his sermon, the minister didnt try to whitewash over the sins of his church
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