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English translation: come clean about

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Spanish term or phrase:blanquear
English translation:come clean about
Entered by: patinba

15:16 Aug 14, 2022
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / habla coloquial
Spanish term or phrase: blanquear
En el Río de la Plata (no sé si también en otros países hispanohablantes) se habla mucho de "blanquear una relación amorosa actual", "blanquear el pasado personal", "blanquear la existencia de un hijo (habido con otra persona)", etc. No es un término legal ni económico, es coloquial; arrastra las connotaciones de "revelar", "mostrar", "confesar", "hacer bueno algo que antes estaba oculto". En particular: también incluye el mérito de "tener las agallas para decirlo uno mismo".
Fabio Descalzi
Uruguay
Local time: 08:40
come clean about
Explanation:
Explanation:
Claro que "reveal", "disclose" etc funcionan bien en tus diversos contextos, pero si estás buscando algo más coloquial, esta frase idiomática te puede llegar a servir.

Meaning of come clean in English

come clean
idiom

to tell the truth about something that you have been keeping secret:
I thought it was time to come clean (with everybody) about what I'd been doing.
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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 08:40
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4 +10come clean about
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
come clean about


Explanation:
Explanation:
Claro que "reveal", "disclose" etc funcionan bien en tus diversos contextos, pero si estás buscando algo más coloquial, esta frase idiomática te puede llegar a servir.

Meaning of come clean in English

come clean
idiom

to tell the truth about something that you have been keeping secret:
I thought it was time to come clean (with everybody) about what I'd been doing.

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 08:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 174
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Though the exact translation will depend on the context, which we don't have. http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/blanquear
1 hr
  -> Thank you!
agree  Marie Wilson
3 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Carol Gullidge
4 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  AllegroTrans: Right idea I think, but as asker hasn't posted actual text containing this, there may be a better term
4 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Andrew Bramhall: " air your dirty linen in public' is simillar, except it's seen as something negative;
7 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
9 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  neilmac: Most likely (more context would've been nice)....
18 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro: As per Asker's explanation.
19 hrs
  -> Yes. Particularly the fact that a merit element is involved. Thank you!
agree  Marcelo González
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Gracias!
agree  claudia bagnardi
3 days 38 mins
  -> Gracias !
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