dissemble

WOTD - 6 March 2007    

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪˈsɛmbl/, SAMPA: /dI"sEmbl/

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Verb

dissemble (third-person singular simple present dissembles, present participle dissembling, simple past and past participle dissembled)

1. (transitive) To disguise or conceal something; to feign.
2. (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
3. (intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.

Translations

to disguise or conceal something

Bulgarian: прикривам (bg) German: verbergen (de) Latin: oblīquō (la) Polish: ukrywać (pl), maskować (pl), symulować (pl)

Russian: скрывать (ru) (skryvat') Spanish: disimular (es)

to deliberately ignore something

Bulgarian: правя се че не виждам (bg)

Polish: ignorować (pl), udawać (pl) Russian: игнорировать (ru)

to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings

Bulgarian: преструвам се (bg), лицемеря (bg) German: sich nichts anmerken lassen (de), sich verstellen (de)

Polish: ukrywać (pl) Russian: лицемерить (ru), притворяться (ru) Spanish: disimular (es)