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

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, verheimlichen, verschleiern, verschweigen, verstecken Greek: αποκρύπτω (el) Hungarian: titkol (hu), eltitkol (hu) Irish: ceil (ga) Italian: nascondere (it), celare (it) Japanese: 隠す(かくす, kakusu) Korean: 숨기다 (ko), 감추다 (ko) Kurdish: Sorani: شاردنه‌وه‌ (ku) (shArdinawa)

Latin: occulō (la) Old English: mīþan (ang) Polish: ukrywać (pl), chować (pl) Portuguese: esconder (pt), omitir (pt) Romanian: ascunde (ro) Russian: скрывать (ru) (skryvát') impf., скрыть (ru) (skryt') pf. Spanish: esconder (es), ocultar (es) Swedish: dölja (sv) Turkish: gizlemek (tr) !Xóõ: !n̥áʻa