conceal

English

Etymology

From Old French conceler (“hide, disguise”), from Latin concelāre, infinitive of concelō (“carefully disguise”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːl

Verb

conceal (third-person singular simple present conceals, present participle concealing, simple past and past participle concealed)

1. (transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

   He tried to conceal the truth about his health.

Related terms

• concealing, concealed

Synonyms

• hide
• obfuscate
• secrete

Antonyms

• reveal
• uncover
• admit

Translations

to hide something

• Arabic: أخفى (ar) (ʾaxfā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 隱瞞 (cmn), 隐瞒 (cmn) (yǐnmán), 隱藏 (cmn), 隐藏 (cmn) (yǐncáng), 藏 (cmn) (cáng)

• Czech: skrýt (cs), skrývat (cs), ukrýt (cs), schovat (cs), zakrýt (cs)
• Dutch: verbergen (nl), verstoppen (nl)
• Estonian: varjama (et), peitma (et)
• Filipino: itago
• Finnish: kätkeä (fi), salata (fi), peittää (fi)
• French: dissimuler (fr), cacher (fr)
• German: verbergen (de), verheimlichen (de), verschleiern (de), verschweigen (de)
• Greek: αποκρύπτω (el) (apokrýpto)
• Hindi: छिपाना (hi) (chipānā)
• Hungarian: titkol (hu), eltitkol (hu)
• Irish: ceil (ga)
• Italian: nascondere (it), celare (it)
• Japanese: 隠す (ja) (かくす, kakusu)
• Korean: 숨기다 (ko) (sumgida), 감추다 (ko) (gamchuda)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: شاردنه‌وه‌ (ku) (shArdinawa)

• Latin: occulō (la)
• Latvian: slēpt (lv)
• Old English: mīþan (ang)
• Persian: پنهان کردن (fa) (panhân kardan)
• Polish: ukrywać (pl), chować (pl)
• Portuguese: esconder (pt), omitir (pt)
• Romanian: ascunde (ro)
• Russian: скрывать (ru) (skryvátʹ)  impf., скрыть (ru) (skrýtʹ)  pf., прятать (ru) (prjátatʹ)  impf., спрятать (ru) (sprjátatʹ)  pf.
• Spanish: esconder (es), ocultar (es)
• Swedish: dölja (sv)
• Thai: ปิดบัง (th) (bpìt bang), ปกปิด (th) (bpòk bpìt)
• Tok Pisin: karamapim (tpi)
• Turkish: gizlemek (tr)
• Urdu: چھپانا (ur) (chipānā)
• Vietnamese: giấu (vi)
• ǃXóõ: !n̥áʻa