Whitewash

"Whitewash" in Russian

известко́вый раство́р

izvestkóvyj rastvór

(mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)

побе́лка

pobélka

(mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)

покрывательство

pokryvatelʹstvo

(act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts)

бели́ть

belítʹ

((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)

обели́ть

obelítʹ

((transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.))

побели́ть

pobelítʹ

((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)

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