nascondere Italian · revision 38047

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=13th century, Inghilfredi|origins=la condō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /nasˈkon.de.re/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nascondere''' (first-person singular present nascóndo, first-person singular past historic nascósi, past participle nascósto, auxiliary avére)^(Wiktionary)

+ The older verb is [[roa-oit|ascondere]], with Sienese [[m|roa-oit|niscondere]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(DEI|2549) The past participle is ''nascosto''; literary ''nascoso'' is older.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la-lat|inabscondō|alt=inabscondere]], a compound of [[m|la|in-]] and [[la|abscondō|t=to put away, conceal]], with the loss of the first vowel.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary) DELI and Nocentini describe it instead as the older [[roa-oit|ascondere]] (late 12th century) with the prefix ⟨in-⟩ added, whose ⟨i-⟩ was then lost.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) The LEI speaks of the partial fusion of the prefix with the verb, and Meyer-Lübke explains the ⟨n⟩ by the preposition ⟨in⟩.^(LEI|1, 144)^(REW 1935)

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+ Latin [[m|la|abscondō]] is made of [[m|la|abs-|t=away]] and [[m|la|condō|t=to put away, store]], which Devoto derives from [[m|la|com-]] and the root of [[ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-|t=to put]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto 1968|292) It is pan-Romance: [[ro|ascunde]], [[dlm|ascóndro]], [[fro|escondre]], [[pro|escondre]], [[ca|escondir]], [[es|esconder]] and [[pt|esconder]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(REW 1935)^(LEI|1, 144) Northern Italy says ⟨sconder⟩, from ⟨ascondere⟩ without its first vowel, while Tuscany also uses [[rimpiattare]] and Calabria and Sicily a verb from [[la-vul|*mucciō|alt=*mucciare]].^(LEI|1, 144)^(DEI|2549)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is the Sicilian School poet Inghilfredi, in the 13th century, in the sense “to put something where it cannot be seen”.^(DELI 1999) The reflexive ''nascondersi'' “to hide oneself” is in the ''Novellino'', at the end of the 13th century, and the participle ''nascosto'' in Bono Giamboni, before 1292.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Dante, before 1321, used the verb for blocking something from view and for keeping something to oneself, not revealing it.^(DELI 1999) In ''Inferno'' 22 the sinners show their backs to ease the pain and hide them again “in men che non balena” (quicker than lightning).^(GDLI|11) Petrarch has Laura showing only her shadow or her veil, “ma 'l viso nascondendo” (but hiding her face).^(GDLI|11)

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+ The noun ''nascondiglio'' “hiding place” is recorded in Zanobi da Strada, before 1364, and the children's game ''nascondino'' in the Crusca dictionary of 1923;^(DELI 1999)^(DEI|2549) DEI calls the game name purely Tuscan, beside ''rimpiattino'' and other names.^(DELI 1999)^(DEI|2549) Tommaseo records the saying ''gettare il sasso e nascondere la mano'', of someone who does harm and hides his part in it, and the proverb that the Devil teaches how to steal but not how to hide.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Late 12th century – The older ''ascondere'' is recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * 13th century – Inghilfredi uses ''nascondere''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * End of the 13th century – The reflexive in the ''Novellino''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1292 – ''Nascosto'' in Bono Giamboni.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1364 – Zanobi da Strada uses ''nascondiglio''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1923 – ''Nascondino'' enters the Crusca dictionary.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|hide]], put something where others will not see or find it: ''Ha nascosto le chiavi sotto un vaso.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To keep a person hidden: ''La famiglia nascose il fuggiasco in cantina.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # To block from view: ''Gli alberi nascondono la casa.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To [[m|en|conceal]] feelings or thoughts: ''Non riusciva a nascondere la delusione.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # To keep secret, hush up: ''Ci ha nascosto la notizia per settimane.'', ''non avere niente da nascondere'', to have nothing to hide.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(nascondersi)'' To hide oneself: ''Il gatto si è nascosto sotto il divano.''^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nascosto]]

+ * [[nascondiglio]]

+ * [[nascondino]]

+ * [[nascondimento]]

+ * [[nasconditore]]

+ * [[nascondello]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ascondere]]

+ * [[nasconderella]]

+ * [[ascoso]]

+ * [[rimpiattare]]

+ * [[la|abscondo]]

+ * [[es|esconder]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}