maquilhagem

Portuguese

Maquilhagens

Alternative forms

• maquiagem (Brazil, more common)
• maquilagem (Brazil)

Etymology

Etymology tree

French maquiller

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin -āticus

Latin -āticum

Old French -age

Middle French -age

French -age

French maquillagebor.

Portuguese maquilhagem

Borrowed from French maquillage. By surface analysis, maquilhar +‎ -agem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.kiˈʎa.ʒẽj̃/ [ma.kiˈʎa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ma.kɨˈʎa.ʒɐ̃j̃/, /ma.kiˈʎa.ʒɐ̃j̃/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʒẽj̃, (Portugal) -aʒɐ̃j̃
• Hyphenation: ma‧qui‧lha‧gem

Noun

maquilhagem f (plural maquilhagens)

1. makeup

   Synonym: (informal) make

   Ela está usando muita maquilhagem. ― She is wearing a lot of makeup.

2. cosmetics

Derived terms

• necromaquilhagem

Further reading

• “maquilhagem”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026