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maquear

Spanish, verb/makeˈaɾ/

maquear is spelled M-A-Q-U-E-A-R (7 letters). Maquear is a Spanish verb meaning “to lacquer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does maquear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to lacquer

  2. 2

    colloquialto tart up

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of maquear

  • maqueo first-person present singular
  • maqueé first-person preterite singular
  • maqueado participle past
  • maqueando gerund
  • maqueada feminine participle past
  • maqueados masculine participle past
  • maqueadas feminine participle past
  • maqueas indicative informal present
  • maqueás indicative informal present
  • maquea indicative present singular
  • maqueamos first-person indicative plural
  • maqueáis indicative plural present
  • maquean indicative plural present
  • maqueaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • maqueabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • maqueábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • maqueabais imperfect indicative plural
  • maqueaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce maquear?

  • /makeˈaɾ/
  • [ma.keˈaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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