camuffare

Italian

Etymology

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

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

Verb

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

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

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