máscara

See also: mascara, Mascara, mascará, and màscara

Galician

Felos from the carnival of Maceda, Galicia

Etymology

Attested since circa 1800. Ultimately from Italian maschera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaskɐɾɐ]

Noun

máscara f (plural máscaras)

1. mask (a cover for disguise)

   Synonym: carantoña

2. mask (a person wearing a mask)

   Synonyms: carantoña, felo

3. mask (a cover for protection)

References

• “máscara” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “máscara” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “máscara” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

máscara

Etymology

From Italian maschera (“mask, disguise”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.ka.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.ka.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʃ.ka.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.ka.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʃ.kɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

máscara f (plural máscaras)

1. mask

Usage notes

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian maschera.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

máscara f (plural máscaras)

1. mask

Usage notes

• 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”.

Hyponyms

• antifaz

Derived terms

• baile de máscaras
• enmascarar
• máscara antigás
• máscara de pestañas (“mascara”) (Latin America)
• mascarón

Descendants

• → Polish: maszkara

Further reading

• “máscara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014