máscara
Portuguese
Etymology
From Italian maschera (“mask, disguise”), from Medieval Latin masca, mascha, mascus (“mask, nightmare, ghost”), of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
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Noun
máscara f (plural s)
Usage notes
- The template Template:U:pt:false friend does not use the parameter(s):
1=máscara
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.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, possibly ultimately from Arabic مَسْخَرَة (masḵara, “buffoon, fool, pleasantry, anything ridiculous”), from سَخِرَة (saḵira, “to ridicule, to laugh at”). More details at English mask.
Noun
máscara f (plural máscaras)
Derived terms
Related terms
Usage notes
- Máscara is a false friend, and does not mean mascara. The Spanish word for mascara is máscara.
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- Portuguese terms derived from Italian
- Portuguese terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Spanish terms derived from Italian
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns