desmascarar
Portuguese, verb/dez.mas.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/
desmascarar is spelled D-E-S-M-A-S-C-A-R-A-R (11 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 33,314th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desmascarar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to unmask (to remove a mask from someone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tirar a máscara a”.
What does desmascarar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unmask (to remove a mask from someone)
- 2
to unmask (to expose, or reveal the true character of someone)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tirar a máscara a 2. dar a conhecer algo que estava escondido ou disfarçado 3. revelar as verdadeiras intenções ou sentimentos de 4. tirar a máscara
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of desmascarar
- desmascaro first-person present singular
- desmascarei first-person preterite singular
- desmascarado participle past
- desmascarares infinitive second-person singular
- desmascararmos first-person infinitive plural
- desmascarardes infinitive plural second-person
- desmascararem infinitive plural third-person
- desmascarando gerund
- desmascarados masculine participle past
- desmascarada feminine participle past
- desmascaradas feminine participle past
- desmascaras indicative present second-person
- desmascara indicative present singular
- desmascaramos first-person indicative plural
- desmascarais indicative plural present
- desmascaram indicative plural present
- desmascarava first-person imperfect indicative
- desmascaravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desmascarar?
- Brazil /dez.mas.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [dez.mas.kaˈɾa(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.mas.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desmascarar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desmascarar in Portuguese?
desmascarar appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).