was hiding, hid
Él ocultaba su preocupación con una sonrisa.
He hid his worry with a smile.
Él ocultaba su angustia con una sonrisa.
He hid his anguish with a smile.
Resulta que nos ocultaba muchas cosas.
It turns out he was hiding a lot of things from us.
— Jojo Rabbit (2019)