disfrazar

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from older desfrezar (to disguise), from dis- (removal, away, apart)+ frezar, from Latin frictiāre (to scrub), frequentative of fricō (to rub), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrei (cut, break).

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /disfɾaˈθaɾ/, [d̪isfɾaˈθaɾ]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /disfɾaˈsaɾ/, [d̪isfɾaˈsaɾ]

Verb

disfrazar (first-person singular present disfrazo, first-person singular preterite disfracé, past participle disfrazado)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to disguise (to change the appearance)
  2. (transitive, reflexive) to dress up

Usage notes

disfrazarse de - to dress up as.

Conjugation

  • Rule: z becomes a c before e.
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