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ef·face  (-fs)

tr.v. ef·faced, ef·fac·ing, ef·fac·es

1. To rub or wipe out; erase.

2. To make indistinct as if by rubbing: "Five years' absence had done nothing to efface the people's memory of his firmness" (Alan Moorehead). See Synonyms at erase.

3. To conduct (oneself) inconspicuously: "When the two women went out together, Anna deliberately effaced herself and played to the dramatic Molly" (Doris Lessing).

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[Middle English effacen, from French effacer, from Old French esfacier : es-, out (from Latin ex-, ex-) + face, face; see face.]

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ef·facea·ble adj.

ef·facement n.

ef·facer n.

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efface [ɪˈfeɪs]

vb (tr)

1. to obliterate or make dim to efface a memory

2. to make (oneself) inconspicuous or humble through modesty, cowardice, or obsequiousness

3. to rub out (a line, drawing, etc.); erase

[from French effacer, literally: to obliterate the face; see face]

effaceable  adj

effacement  n

effacer  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	efface - remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" obliterate slur, dim, blur - become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" blot out, obliterate, veil, hide, obscure - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
	2.	efface - make inconspicuous; "efface oneself" humble - cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"
	3.	efface - remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" rub out, score out, wipe off, erase sponge - erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard delete, cancel - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list" scratch out, cut out - strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out; "scratch out my name on that list"

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efface

verb obliterate, remove, destroy, cancel, wipe out, erase, eradicate, excise, delete, annihilate, raze, blot out, cross out, expunge, rub out, extirpate an attempt to efface the memory of their previous failures

efface yourself make yourself inconspicuous, withdraw, be retiring, keep a low profile, be timid, be diffident, be bashful, keep out of the limelight, be modest, keep out of the public eye, be unassertive He always wants to efface himself, and hates any kind of ostentation.

Translations

efface [ɪˈfeɪs] VT → borrar
to efface o.s → no hacerse notar, lograr pasar inadvertido

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efface [ɪˈfeɪs] vt (= remove) [+ name, image] → effacer; [+ memory] → effacer
to efface o.s. (= be humble) → s'effacer

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efface

vt → auslöschen; to efface oneself → sich zurückhalten

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efface [ɪˈfeɪs] vt (frm) → cancellare

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efface

v efface [iˈfeis]

1 to rub out; to remove You must try to efface the event from your memory. uitwis, uitvee يَمْحو، يَشْطُب، يَطْمُس изтривам vymazat slette; fjerne; udviske tilgen εξαλείφω, σβήνω borrar kustutama محو کردن؛ زدودن pyyhkiä effacer לִמחוֹק मिटाना, नष्ट करना izbrisati kitöröl menghapus afmá, þurrka út cancellare ぬぐい去る 지워없애다 ištrinti izdzēst melupakan uitwissen viske ut, (ut)slette, stryke ut zatrzeć, wymazać apagar a şterge стереть vymazať, vytrieť izbrisati izbrisati utplåna, sudda ut, gnida bort ลบออก; ลบล้าง; ทำลาย silmek 抹去 стирати; викреслювати معدوم کرنا xoá bỏ 抹去

2 to avoid drawing attention to (oneself) She did her best to efface herself at parties. in die skadu stel يَتَجَنَّب لَفْت الإنْتِباه отбягвам stát stranou holde sig i baggrunden; virke selvudslettende sich zurückhalten περνώ απαρατήρητος pasar inadvertido, retirarse modestamente (ennast) tagaplaanil hoidma خود را کنار کشیدن؛ سعی کردن در عدم جلب توجه välttää huomiota (s')effacer לְטַשטֵש भुला देना povući se háttérben marad tidak menonjolkan diri láta sem minnst á sér bera tenersi in disparte 目立たぬようにする 남의 눈에 띄지 않게 하다 likti nepastebimam, laikytis nuošaliai turēties malā/sāņus tidak menonjolkan diri zich wegcijferen holde seg i bakgrunnen, være selvutslettende usunąć się w cień passar despercebido a trece neobservat держаться в тени stáť bokom biti v ozadju držati se po strani hålla sig i bakgrunden ไม่เรียกร้องความสนใจ dikkati çekmemeye çalışmak 使(自己)不被人注意 знітитися, триматися в тіні کسر نفسی سے کام لینا tự thu mình lại 不露面（以期不被人注意）