desmascarar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.mas.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [dez.mas.kaˈɾa(h)], /d͡ʒiz.mas.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.mas.kaˈɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /dez.mas.kaˈɾa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒiz.mas.kaˈɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʒ.maʃ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [deʒ.maʃ.kaˈɾa(χ)], /d͡ʒiʒ.maʃ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʒ.maʃ.kaˈɾa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /dez.mas.kaˈɾa(ɻ)/, /d͡ʒiz.mas.kaˈɾa(ɻ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.mas.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [dez.mas.kaˈɾa(h)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒ.mɐʃ.kɐˈɾaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒ.mɐʃ.kɐˈɾa.ɾi/
- Rhymes: -aʁ, -aɾ, (R-dropping) -a
- Hyphenation: des‧mas‧car
Verb
desmascarar (first-person singular present desmascaro, first-person singular preterite desmascarei, past participle desmascarado)
- (transitive) to unmask (to remove a mask from someone)
- (transitive, figurative) to unmask (to expose, or reveal the true character of someone)
Conjugation
Conjugation of desmascarar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “desmascarar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “desmascarar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026