máscara

• mázcara

Attested since circa 1800. Ultimately from Italian maschera.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaskaɾa/ [ˈmas̺.kɑ.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -askaɾa
• Hyphenation: más‧ca‧ra

máscara f (plural máscaras)

1. mask (a cover for disguise)

   Synonyms: carantoña, liborio, carauta, farricoque, marafón, caroza

2. mask (a person wearing a mask)

   Synonyms: carantoña, felo, cigarrón, murrieiro, choqueiro, peliqueiro, céntulo, faleiro, farrancañeiro, avello, botarga, albardeiro, farrampois

3. mask (a cover for protection)

   Synonyms: careta, carauta

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “máscara”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “máscara”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “máscara”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Italian maschera (“mask, disguise”).

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -askaɾɐ, (Portugal) -aʃkɐɾɐ
• Hyphenation: más‧ca‧ra

máscara f (plural máscaras)

1. mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face)
2. mask (that which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge)

• Máscara is a false friend and does not mean mascara. Portuguese equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry mascara.

• → Makhuwa: maasikara
• → Tetum: máskara

• “máscara”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “máscara”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Borrowed from Italian maschera.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaskaɾa/ [ˈmas.ka.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -askaɾa
• Syllabification: más‧ca‧ra

máscara f (plural máscaras)

1. mask

• Máscara is a false friend and does not mean mascara. The Spanish word for mascara is rímel. Though sometimes in Latin America, máscara de pestañas is used for “mascara”.

• antifaz

• → Polish: maszkara

• “máscara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024