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mascar
mascar
Interlingua
Verb
mascar
- to mask
Conjugation
Conjugation of “mascar”
| Nominal forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | mascar | ||
| Present | Perfect | ||
| Participles | mascante | mascate | |
| Personal forms | |||
| Simple | Perfect | ||
| Active voice | Present | masca | ha mascate |
| Past | mascava | habeva mascate | |
| Future | mascara | habera mascate | |
| Conditional | mascarea | haberea mascate | |
| Imperative | masca | -- | |
| Passive voice | 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
From Latin masticāre, present active infinitive of masticō (“I chew”).
Pronunciation
- (Paulista) IPA(key): /mas.ˈka(ɹ)/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /mas.ˈka(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: mas‧car
Verb
mascar (first-person singular present indicative masco, past participle mascado)
- 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 the Portuguese -ar verb mascar
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin masticāre, present active infinitive of masticō (“I chew”).
Verb
mascar (first-person singular present masco, first-person singular preterite masqué, past participle mascado)
- to chew without ever swallowing
Synonyms
Conjugation
- c becomes qu before e.
| 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 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 usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
| present | masque | masquestú masquésvos1 |
masque | masquemos | masquéis | masquen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
mascara | mascaras | mascara | mascáramos | mascarais | mascaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
mascase | mascases | mascase | mascásemos | mascaseis | mascasen | |
| future | 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 | ||
1Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-ar_(conjugation_-car)'>Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -car)</a>
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.