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^(key): /kənˈsiːl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈsil/

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• Rhymes: -iːl
• Hyphenation: con‧ceal
• Rhymes: -iəl

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.

   • 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

Related terms

• concealing, concealed
• concealer
• concealment

Translations

to hide something

• Arabic: أَخْفَى (ʔaḵfā)

  Moroccan Arabic: خبا (ḵabba), درق (darraq)

• Armenian: թաքցնել (hy) (tʻakʻcʻnel)
• Azerbaijani: danmaq
• Basque: estali
• Belarusian: хава́ць impf (xavácʹ), схава́ць pf (sxavácʹ), скрыва́ць impf (skryvácʹ), скры́ць pf (skrýcʹ), уто́йваць impf (utójvacʹ), таі́ць impf (taícʹ), утаі́ць pf (utaícʹ)
• 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: please add this translation if you can
• 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: 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)
• Sundanese: nyumputkeun
• Swahili: kuficha
• 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)
• Walloon: muchî (wa), muchyî (wa)
• Welsh: celu (cy)
• West Frisian: ferbergje
• Yiddish: אויסבאַהאַלטן (oysbahaltn)
• Zazaki: nımnayen
• ǃXóõ: !n̥áʻa