OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4429

mask

/mɑːsk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
antifaz • cambuj • gambox (gambosh) • gambux (gambush) • mascarilla • máscara
A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
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a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask
mascarada
A dramatic performance in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
máscara
A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 4430

mask

/mɑːsk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cubrir
To disguise as something else.
disfrazarse • disfrezarse
To disguise oneself, to be disguised in any way.