máscara

• mázcara

Attested since circa 1800. Ultimately from Italian maschera.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaskɐɾɐ]

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

• “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.

From Italian maschera (“mask, disguise”).

máscara f (plural máscaras)

1. mask

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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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014