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maquilhar

Portuguese, verb/ma.kiˈʎa(ʁ)/

maquilhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to make up (to apply cosmetics or makeup)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does maquilhar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to make up (to apply cosmetics or makeup)

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

Forms of maquilhar

  • maquilho first-person present singular
  • maquilhei first-person preterite singular
  • maquilhado participle past
  • maquilhares infinitive second-person singular
  • maquilharmos first-person infinitive plural
  • maquilhardes infinitive plural second-person
  • maquilharem infinitive plural third-person
  • maquilhando gerund
  • maquilhados masculine participle past
  • maquilhada feminine participle past
  • maquilhadas feminine participle past
  • maquilhas indicative present second-person
  • maquilha indicative present singular
  • maquilhamos first-person indicative plural
  • maquilhais indicative plural present
  • maquilham indicative plural present
  • maquilhava first-person imperfect indicative
  • maquilhavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce maquilhar?

  • Brazil /ma.kiˈʎa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ma.kiˈʎa(h)]
  • /ma.kiˈʎa(ɾ)/

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

English words that translate to maquilhar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is maquilhar in Portuguese?

maquilhar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).