# conceal
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kənˈsiːl/
* (General American) IPA: /kənˈsil/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːl
* Hyphenation: con‧ceal
* Rhymes: -iəl

### Verb

conceal (third-person singular simple present conceals, present participle concealing, simple past and past participle concealed)
* (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.
** 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.

#### Synonyms

* cover up
* hide
* obfuscate
* secrete

#### Antonyms

* reveal
* uncover
* admit

#### Derived terms

* concealability
* concealable
* concealed
* concealer
* concealing
* concealment
* reconceal
* semiconceal
* unconceal

#### Translations

Albanian: fsheh , myll
Arabic: أَخْفَى (ʔaḵfā)
Moroccan Arabic: خبا (ḵabba), درق (darraq)
Armenian: թաքցնել (hy) (tʻakʻcʻnel)
Azerbaijani: danmaq, gizlətmək (az)
Basque: estali
Belarusian: хава́ць impf (xavácʹ), схава́ць pf (sxavácʹ), скрыва́ць impf (skryvácʹ), скры́ць pf (skrýcʹ), уто́йваць impf (utójvacʹ), таі́ць impf (taícʹ), утаі́ць pf (utaícʹ)
Bhojpuri: झांपल (jhāmpal)
Bulgarian: кри́я (bg) impf (kríja), скрива́м (bg) impf (skrivám), скри́я pf (skríja)
Burmese: ဝှက် (my) (hwak), ပုန်း (my) (pun:), လျှို (my) (hlyui), ကွယ် (my) (kwai)
Catalan: amagar (ca), ocultar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 隱瞞 / 隐瞒 (zh) (yǐnmán), 隱藏 / 隐藏 (zh) (yǐncáng), 藏 (zh) (cáng), 掩蓋 / 掩盖 (zh) (yǎngài)
Czech: skrýt (cs) pf, skrývat (cs) impf, ukrýt (cs) pf, ukrývat impf, schovat (cs) pf, schovávat (cs) impf, zakrýt (cs) pf, zakrývat (cs) impf
Danish: skjule (da), gemme (da)
Dutch: verbergen (nl), verstoppen (nl), versteken (nl)
Egyptian: (jmn)
Esperanto: kaŝi
Estonian: varjama, peitma
Finnish: kätkeä (fi), salata (fi), peittää (fi)
French: dissimuler (fr), cacher (fr)
Galician: esconder (gl), agochar (gl)
Georgian: მალავს (malavs)
German: verbergen (de), verheimlichen (de), verschleiern (de), verschweigen (de), verstecken (de)
Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌰𐌽 (filhan)
Greek: αποκρύπτω (el) (apokrýpto)
Ancient: κρύπτω (krúptō)
Hindi: छिपाना (hi) (chipānā)
Hungarian: titkol (hu), eltitkol (hu), elrejt (hu), elkendőz (hu), leplez (hu)
Icelandic: fela (is), hylja (is)
Ido: celar (io)
Indonesian: menyamarkan (id), menyembunyikan (id)
Irish: ceil
Italian: nascondere (it), celare (it), occultare (it)
Japanese: 隠す (ja) (かくす, kakusu)
Kabuverdianu: bafa
Khmer: លាក់ (km) (lĕək), បាំង (km) (bang)
Korean: 숨기다 (ko) (sumgida), 감추다 (ko) (gamchuda)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: شاردنەوە (şardnewe)
Lao: ປິດບັງ (pit bang), ກຳບັງ (kam bang), ຊຸ້ມ (sum)
Latin: cēlō, occulō
Latvian: slēpt (lv)
Lithuanian: slėpti
Macedonian: крие impf (krie), сокрие pf (sokrie)
Maori: whakangaro, tauhuna
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: нуух (mn) (nuux)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gjemme (no), skjule (no), fortie, dekke over, stikke under stol (no)
Nynorsk: gøyme, skjule, forteie, dekkje over, stikke under stol
Old English: mīþan
Persian: پنهان کردن (fa) (panhân kardan)
Polish: chować (pl) impf, schować (pl) pf, ukrywać (pl) impf, ukryć (pl) pf, skrywać (pl) impf, skryć (pl) pf
Portuguese: esconder (pt), omitir (pt)
Romanian: ascunde (ro)
Russian: скрыва́ть (ru) impf (skryvátʹ), скры́ть (ru) pf (skrýtʹ), пря́тать (ru) impf (prjátatʹ), спря́тать (ru) pf (sprjátatʹ), таи́ть (ru) impf (taítʹ), ута́ивать (ru) impf (utáivatʹ), утаи́ть (ru) pf (utaítʹ)
Sanskrit: गूहति (gūhati)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кри̏ти impf, са̀крити pf
Roman: krȉti (sh) impf, sàkriti (sh) pf
Sinhalese: සැඟවීම (sæⁿgawīma)
Slovak: schovávať impf, schovať pf, skrývať impf, skryť pf, skrývať impf
Slovene: skrivati impf, skriti (sl) pf
Spanish: esconder (es), ocultar (es), absconder (es), tapiñar (Latin America)
Sundanese: nyumputkeun
Swahili: kuficha (sw)
Swedish: dölja (sv), gömma (sv)
Tagalog: itago
Tajik: пинҳон кардан (pinhon kardan)
Thai: ปิดบัง (th) (bpìt-bang), ปกปิด (th) (bpòk-bpìt), ซ่อน (th) (sɔ̂ɔn), บัง (th) (bang), เก็บงำ (th) (gèp-ngam)
Tocharian B: (causative voice) tuk-
Tok Pisin: karamapim
Turkish: gizlemek (tr)
Ukrainian: хова́ти (uk) impf (xováty), схова́ти (uk) pf (sxováty), ута́ювати impf (utájuvaty), таї́ти impf (tajíty), утаї́ти pf (utajíty)
Urdu: چھپانا (chipānā)
Vietnamese: giấu (vi), che giấu (vi), che đậy (vi), giấu giếm (vi)
Walloon: muchî (wa), muchyî (wa)
Welsh: celu (cy)
West Frisian: ferbergje
Yiddish: אויסבאַהאַלטן (oysbahaltn)
Zazaki: nımnayen
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