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mascavar

Portuguese, verb/mas.kaˈva(ʁ)/

mascavar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to refine (sugar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does mascavar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to refine (sugar)

  2. 2

    to adulterate

  3. 3

    to mispronounce

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

Forms of mascavar

  • mascavo first-person present singular
  • mascavei first-person preterite singular
  • mascavado participle past
  • mascavares infinitive second-person singular
  • mascavarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • mascavardes infinitive plural second-person
  • mascavarem infinitive plural third-person
  • mascavando gerund
  • mascavados masculine participle past
  • mascavada feminine participle past
  • mascavadas feminine participle past
  • mascavas indicative present second-person
  • mascava indicative present singular
  • mascavamos first-person indicative plural
  • mascavais indicative plural present
  • mascavam indicative plural present
  • mascavava first-person imperfect indicative
  • mascavavas imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce mascavar?

  • Brazil /mas.kaˈva(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [mas.kaˈva(h)]
  • /mas.kaˈva(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 mascavar

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