envelar

From en- +‎ vel (“veil”) +‎ -ar.

envelar (first-person singular present envelo, first-person singular preterite envelí, past participle envelat)

1. (transitive) to veil

• desenvelar

From en- +‎ vela (“sail”) +‎ -ar.

envelar (first-person singular present envelo, first-person singular preterite envelí, past participle envelat)(transitive)

1. to cover with an awning, to shade
   • 1978, Manuel Sanchis Guarner, La processó valenciana del Corpus:

     L'any 1423, per tal de protegir el públic dels rigors del sol, començà hom a envelar alguns dels carrers per on passava la processó del Corpus.

     In the year 1423, in order to shield the public from the rigours of the sun, one began to place awnings over some of the streets through which the Corpus procession passed.

2. (nautical) to hoist the sails of

• “envelar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “envelar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “envelar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “envelar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.