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) (transitive) to disguise (transitive) to hide ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== mascherare ==== Related terms ==== camuffamento camuffarsi scamuffare === Further reading === camuffare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === camufferà