máscara

From Italian maschera (“mask, disguise”), from Medieval Latin masca, mascha, mascus (“mask, nightmare, ghost”), of uncertain origin.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʃkɐɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaskaɾa/, /ˈmaʃkaɾa/

máscara f (plural máscaras)

1. mask

• Máscara is a false friend, and does not mean mascara. Portuguese equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry mascara.

From Italian maschera, possibly ultimately from Arabic مَسْخَرَة‎ (masḵara, “buffoon, fool, pleasantry, anything ridiculous”), from سَخِرَة‎ (saḵira, “to ridicule, to laugh at”). More details at English mask.

máscara f (plural máscaras)

1. mask

• mascarón

• Máscara is a false friend, and does not mean mascara. Spanish equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry mascara.