English-Spanish translations for closet

• armario
  Sé que no hay cadáveres escondidos en el armario ni terribles secretos que deban ser protegidos. I do not regard there as being enormous skeletons in the closet, terrible secrets to be uncovered.
  Ahora ha llegado el momento de sacar el problema de la salud mental del armario de la culpa y la vergüenza, para poder hablar de él de una manera abierta, racional y efectiva. The time has now come to bring the issue of mental illness out of the closet of denial and shame and deal with it openly, rationally and effectively.
• clóset
• ropero

Definition of closet

• Any private area, ''particularly'bowers in the open air
• Any private or inner room, ''particularly''
• A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord
• A private cabinet, ''particularly:''
• Any small room or side-room, ''particularly''
• An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad
• A sewer
• Private
• To shut away for private discussion
• To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation
• To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement

Examples

• The closet can be a scary place for a gay teenager.
• Hes a closet case.
• The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. Were all worried what will be announced when they exit.

Related words

• closeted
• water-closet
• watercloset
• closet gay
• closet homosexual
• water closet
• come out of the closet
• dish draining closet
• walk-in closet