maquillaje

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French maquillage.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /makiˈʝaxe/ [ma.kiˈʝa.xe]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /makiˈʝaxe/ [ma.kiˈʝa.xe]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /makiˈʎaxe/ [ma.kiˈʎa.xe]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /makiˈʃaxe/ [ma.kiˈʃa.xe]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /makiˈʒaxe/ [ma.kiˈʒa.xe]

• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: ma‧qui‧lla‧je

Noun

maquillaje m (plural maquillajes)

1. makeup

Related terms

• maquillar

 

Further reading

• “maquillaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16