disfrazar
Spanish
Alternative forms
- disfrezarse (archaic)
Etymology
Perhaps from older desfrezar (“to disguise”), from dis- (“removal, away, apart”) + frezar, from Vulgar Latin *frictiāre (“to scrub”), frequentative of fricō (“to rub”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“cut, break”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /disfɾaˈθaɾ/ [d̪is.fɾaˈθaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /disfɾaˈsaɾ/ [d̪is.fɾaˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: dis‧fra‧zar
Verb
disfrazar (first-person singular present disfrazo, first-person singular preterite disfracé, past participle disfrazado)
- (transitive, reflexive) to disguise (to change the appearance)
- (transitive, reflexive, + de) to dress up as
Conjugation
Conjugation of disfrazar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of disfrazar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive disfrazar | dative | disfrazarme | disfrazarte | disfrazarle, disfrazarse | disfrazarnos | disfrazaros | disfrazarles, disfrazarse |
| accusative | disfrazarme | disfrazarte | disfrazarlo, disfrazarla, disfrazarse | disfrazarnos | disfrazaros | disfrazarlos, disfrazarlas, disfrazarse | |
| with gerund disfrazando | dative | disfrazándome | disfrazándote | disfrazándole, disfrazándose | disfrazándonos | disfrazándoos | disfrazándoles, disfrazándose |
| accusative | disfrazándome | disfrazándote | disfrazándolo, disfrazándola, disfrazándose | disfrazándonos | disfrazándoos | disfrazándolos, disfrazándolas, disfrazándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative disfraza | dative | disfrázame | disfrázate | disfrázale | disfrázanos | not used | disfrázales |
| accusative | disfrázame | disfrázate | disfrázalo, disfrázala | disfrázanos | not used | disfrázalos, disfrázalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative disfrazá | dative | disfrazame | disfrazate | disfrazale | disfrazanos | not used | disfrazales |
| accusative | disfrazame | disfrazate | disfrazalo, disfrazala | disfrazanos | not used | disfrazalos, disfrazalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative disfrace | dative | disfráceme | not used | disfrácele, disfrácese | disfrácenos | not used | disfráceles |
| accusative | disfráceme | not used | disfrácelo, disfrácela, disfrácese | disfrácenos | not used | disfrácelos, disfrácelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative disfracemos | dative | not used | disfracémoste | disfracémosle | disfracémonos | disfracémoos | disfracémosles |
| accusative | not used | disfracémoste | disfracémoslo, disfracémosla | disfracémonos | disfracémoos | disfracémoslos, disfracémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative disfrazad | dative | disfrazadme | not used | disfrazadle | disfrazadnos | disfrazaos | disfrazadles |
| accusative | disfrazadme | not used | disfrazadlo, disfrazadla | disfrazadnos | disfrazaos | disfrazadlos, disfrazadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative disfracen | dative | disfrácenme | not used | disfrácenle | disfrácennos | not used | disfrácenles, disfrácense |
| accusative | disfrácenme | not used | disfrácenlo, disfrácenla | disfrácennos | not used | disfrácenlos, disfrácenlas, disfrácense | |
Conjugation of disfrazarse (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “disfrazar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025