camuffare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from ca- (pejorative prefix) + Medieval Latin muffula (817, Carolingian), a Germanic borrowing from dialectal Old High German or Frankish *molfell (soft garment made of hide), from *mol (softened, forworn) + *fell (hide, skin), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (tender, soft) + *fellą (skin, film, fleece). Compare modern Dutch moffel.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ka.mufˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ca‧muf‧fà‧re

Verb[edit]

camuffàre (first-person singular present camùffo, first-person singular past historic camuffài, past participle camuffàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to disguise
  2. (transitive) to hide

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Further reading[edit]

  • camuffare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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