maquiagem
Portuguese, noun/ma.kiˈa.ʒẽj̃/
maquiagem is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of maquilhagem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação ou efeito de maquilhar ou maquilhar-se”.
What does maquiagem mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of maquilhagem
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação ou efeito de maquilhar ou maquilhar-se 2. pintura ou cosmético para embelezar ou fantasiar o rosto
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 maquiagem
- maquiagens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maquiagem?
- Brazil /ma.kiˈa.ʒẽj̃/
- Brazil [ma.kiˈa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
- Brazil /maˈkja.ʒẽj̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maquiagem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maquiagem in Portuguese?
maquiagem appears 19 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).