sugarcoat

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• General-American: /ˈʃʊɡɚˌkoʊt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊɡəˌkəʊt/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh2 Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Proto-Germanic *kuttôbor. Latin cotta Old French cottebor. Middle English cote English coat English sugarcoat From sugar + coat; figurative sense from the practice of coating medicinal tablets or pills with sugar in order to disguise their unpleasant taste (sugarcoating the pill).

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: غَطَّى بِالسُّكَّرِ (ḡaṭṭā bias-sukkari) — to coat with sugar
• German: anzuckern — to coat with sugar
• German: verzuckern — to coat with sugar
• Hungarian: cukormázzal önt le / von be — to coat with sugar
• Polish: lukrować — to coat with sugar
• Polish: polukrować — to coat with sugar
• Polish: glazurować — to coat with sugar
• Polish: poglazurować — to coat with sugar
• Russian: заса́харить (zasáxaritʹ) — to coat with sugar
• Russian: запу́дрить (zapúdritʹ) — to coat with sugar
• Russian: глазирова́ть (glazirovátʹ) — to coat with sugar
• Spanish: azucarar — to coat with sugar
• Spanish: emborrizar con mishqui — to coat with sugar
• Swedish: kandera — to coat with sugar
• Swedish: överdra med socker — to coat with sugar
• Arabic: حَسَّنَ (ḥassana) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Arabic: خَفَّفَ (ḵaffafa) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Arabic: لَطَّفَ (laṭṭafa) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Arabic: جَمَّل (jammal) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Arabic: دلّع (dallaʕ) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Bulgarian: захаросвам (zaharosvam) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Chinese: 粉飾 /粉饰 (fěnshì) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Finnish: kaunistella — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• German: beschönigen — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• German: schönreden — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Hungarian: szépít — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Japanese: オブラートに包む (oburāto ni tsutsumu) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Norwegian: rosemale — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Polish: słodzić — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Polish: kadzić — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Polish: pochlebiać — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Polish: pochlebić — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Russian: смягча́ть (smjaxčátʹ) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Russian: сгла́живать (sgláživatʹ) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Russian: скра́шивать (skrášivatʹ) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Russian: приукра́шивать (priukrášivatʹ) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Russian: затушёвывать (zatušóvyvatʹ) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Russian: загла́живать (zagláživatʹ) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Russian: лакирова́ть (lakirovátʹ) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Russian: золоти́ть пилю́лю (zolotítʹ piljúlju) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Russian: подслаща́ть пилюлю (podslaščátʹ piljulju) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Russian: выставля́ть в вы́годном све́те (vystavljátʹ v výgodnom svéte) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Russian: представля́ть в ро́зовом све́те (predstavljátʹ v rózovom svéte) — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Spanish: maquillar — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Spanish: azucarar — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Spanish: edulcorar — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Spanish: endulzar — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Spanish: dulcificar — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Spanish: adulciguar — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Spanish: adulcir — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Spanish: endulcecer — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Swedish: linda in — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Swedish: försköna — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Swedish: släta över — to give a falsely pleasant appearance
• Swedish: skönmåla — to give a falsely pleasant appearance