mascará

[maskaˈɾa]

/[maskaˈɾa]/ verb

The verdict

“mascará” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de mascar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mascara · mascará · Spanish

mascará · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for mascará
PropertyValue
Headwordmascará
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[maskaˈɾa]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “mascará” en español

mascaráno entra en el top 100.000 del español: zona de términos técnicos, arcaicos o escasos, el terreno típico de la doble comprobación.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mascará is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [maskaˈɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

mascará has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is mascará, spelled M-A-S-C-A-R-Á.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de mascar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (vos) del imperativo afirmativo de mascarar.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mascará"?
"mascará" is spelled M-A-S-C-A-R-Á. The IPA pronunciation is [maskaˈɾa].
What does "mascará" mean?
As a verb, "mascará" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de mascar.
How do you pronounce "mascará"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mascará" is [maskaˈɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mascará" come from?
"mascará" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list