mascar

Interlingua

Verb

mascar

  1. to mask

Conjugation

Interlingue

Verb

mascar

  1. to mask

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)

  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

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)

  1. to chew without ever swallowing

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

  • c becomes qu before e.
    Conjugation of mascar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
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
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
  • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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Synonyms

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