mascar

Galician

Etymology

From Latin masticāre, present active infinitive of masticō. Compare the semi-learned doublet mastigar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [masˈkaɾ]

Verb

mascar (first-person singular present masco, first-person singular preterite masquei, past participle mascado)

  1. (transitive) to chew, masticate
    Synonym: mastigar

Conjugation
  • Note: masc- are changed to masqu- before front vowels (e).
Conjugation of mascar
singular plural
person first second third first second third
Infinitive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal mascar
personal mascar mascares mascar mascarmos mascardes mascaren
Gerund
mascando
Past participle singular plural
masculine mascado mascados
feminine mascada mascadas
Indicative eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present masco mascas masca mascamos mascades mascan
imperfect mascaba mascabas mascaba mascabamos mascabades mascaban
preterite masquei mascaches mascou mascamos mascastes mascaron
pluperfect mascara mascaras mascara mascaramos mascarades mascaran
future mascarei mascarás mascará mascaremos mascaredes mascarán
conditional mascaría mascarías mascaría mascariamos mascariades mascarían
Subjunctive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present masque masques masque masquemos masquedes masquen
preterite mascase mascases mascase mascásemos mascásedes mascasen
future mascar mascares mascar mascarmos mascardes mascaren
Imperative – ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative – masca masque masquemos mascade masquen
negative – masques masque masquemos masquedes masquen

References

Interlingua

Verb

mascar

  1. to mask

Conjugation
    Conjugation of mascar
infinitive mascar
participle present perfect
mascante mascate
active simple perfect
present masca ha mascate
past mascava habeva mascate
future mascara habera mascate
conditional mascarea haberea mascate
imperative masca
passive simple perfect
present es mascate ha essite mascate
past esseva mascate habeva essite mascate
future essera mascate habera essite mascate
conditional esserea mascate haberea essite mascate
imperative sia mascate

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin masticāre (“to chew”). Doublet of mastigar.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /masˈka(ʁ)/ [masˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /masˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /maʃˈka(ʁ)/ [maʃˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /masˈka(ɻ)/

  • Hyphenation: mas‧car

Verb

mascar (first-person singular present masco, first-person singular preterite masquei, past participle mascado)

  1. to chew (to crush with teeth) for a long time

Usage notes

This verb is used when describing the chewing of something that won’t be swallowed (such as gum), or food that requires too much chewing. For normal chewing, use mastigar.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of mascar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal mascar
Personal mascar mascares mascar mascarmos mascardes mascarem
Gerund
mascando
Past participle
Masculine mascado mascados
Feminine mascada mascadas
Indicative
Present masco mascas masca mascamos mascais mascam
Imperfect mascava mascavas mascava mascávamos mascáveis mascavam
Preterite masquei mascaste mascou mascamos1, mascámos2 mascastes mascaram
Pluperfect mascara mascaras mascara mascáramos mascáreis mascaram
Future mascarei mascarás mascará mascaremos mascareis mascarão
Conditional
mascaria mascarias mascaria mascaríamos mascaríeis mascariam
Subjunctive
Present masque masques masque masquemos masqueis masquem
Imperfect mascasse mascasses mascasse mascássemos mascásseis mascassem
Future mascar mascares mascar mascarmos mascardes mascarem
Imperative
Affirmative masca masque masquemos mascai masquem
Negative (não) não masques não masque não masquemos não masqueis não masquem

1Brazil.
2Portugal.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin masticāre. Doublet of masticar, a borrowing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /masˈkaɾ/ [masˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mas‧car

Verb

mascar (first-person singular present masco, first-person singular preterite masqué, past participle mascado)

  1. to chew (without ever swallowing)
    Synonym: masticar
  2. (Mexico, reflexive) to sense

Usage notes

This verb is used when describing the chewing of something that won’t be swallowed (such as gum), or food that requires too much chewing. For normal chewing, use masticar.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of mascar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive mascar
gerund mascando
past participle masculine feminine
singular mascado mascada
plural mascados mascadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present masco mascastú
mascásvos		 masca mascamos mascáis mascan
imperfect mascaba mascabas mascaba mascábamos mascabais mascaban
preterite masqué mascaste mascó mascamos mascasteis mascaron
future mascaré mascarás mascará mascaremos mascaréis mascarán
conditional mascaría mascarías mascaría mascaríamos mascaríais mascarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present masque masquestú
masquésvos2		 masque masquemos masquéis masquen
imperfect
(ra)		 mascara mascaras mascara mascáramos mascarais mascaran
imperfect
(se)		 mascase mascases mascase mascásemos mascaseis mascasen
future1 mascare mascares mascare mascáremos mascareis mascaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative mascatú
mascávos		 masque masquemos mascad masquen
negative no masques no masque no masquemos no masquéis no masquen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of mascar (c-qu 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 mascar
dative mascarme mascarte mascarle, mascarse mascarnos mascaros mascarles, mascarse
accusative mascarme mascarte mascarlo, mascarla, mascarse mascarnos mascaros mascarlos, mascarlas, mascarse
with gerund mascando
dative mascándome mascándote mascándole, mascándose mascándonos mascándoos mascándoles, mascándose
accusative mascándome mascándote mascándolo, mascándola, mascándose mascándonos mascándoos mascándolos, mascándolas, mascándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative masca
dative máscame máscate máscale máscanos not used máscales
accusative máscame máscate máscalo, máscala máscanos not used máscalos, máscalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mascá
dative mascame mascate mascale mascanos not used mascales
accusative mascame mascate mascalo, mascala mascanos not used mascalos, mascalas
with formal second-person singular imperative masque
dative másqueme not used másquele, másquese másquenos not used másqueles
accusative másqueme not used másquelo, másquela, másquese másquenos not used másquelos, másquelas
with first-person plural imperative masquemos
dative not used masquémoste masquémosle masquémonos masquémoos masquémosles
accusative not used masquémoste masquémoslo, masquémosla masquémonos masquémoos masquémoslos, masquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mascad
dative mascadme not used mascadle mascadnos mascaos mascadles
accusative mascadme not used mascadlo, mascadla mascadnos mascaos mascadlos, mascadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative masquen
dative másquenme not used másquenle másquennos not used másquenles, másquense
accusative másquenme not used másquenlo, másquenla másquennos not used másquenlos, másquenlas, másquense

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