mascar
Portuguese, verb/masˈka(ʁ)/
mascar is spelled M-A-S-C-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,263rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mascar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to chew (to crush with teeth) for a long time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mastigar continuamente sem engolir; explicar por meias palavras”.
What does mascar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to chew (to crush with teeth) for a long time
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mastigar continuamente sem engolir; explicar por meias palavras 2. falar por entre dentes; resmungar 3. meditar; refletir; planejar
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 mascar
- masco first-person present singular
- masquei first-person preterite singular
- mascado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- mascares infinitive second-person singular
- mascarmos first-person infinitive plural
- mascardes infinitive plural second-person
- mascarem infinitive plural third-person
- mascando gerund
- mascados masculine participle past
- mascada feminine participle past
- mascadas feminine participle past
- mascas indicative present second-person
- masca indicative present singular
- mascamos first-person indicative plural
- mascais indicative plural present
- mascam indicative plural present
- mascava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mascar?
- Brazil /masˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [masˈka(h)]
- /masˈka(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 mascar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mascar in Portuguese?
mascar appears 1.3 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).