Meaning
mask, disguise, dress up
- to disguise, conceal, or cover up (intentions, feelings, reality)
- to put a mask on someone or something
- (mascherarsi) to put on a costume or dress up (e.g. for Carnival)
In a sentence
Cerca sempre di mascherare la sua insicurezza con l'ironia.
He always tries to mask his insecurity with irony.
Perché non ti mascheri da pirata per la festa?
Why don't you dress up as a pirate for the party?
Non possiamo mascherare la gravità della situazione economica.
We cannot disguise the gravity of the economic situation.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| mascherare | infinitive |
| maschero | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| mascheri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| maschera | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mascheriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| mascherate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mascherano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mascheravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mascheravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mascherava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mascheravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mascheravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mascheravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mascherai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| mascherasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| mascherò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| mascherammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| mascheraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| mascherarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| maschererò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| maschererai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| maschererà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| maschereremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| maschererete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| maschereranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| mascheri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| mascheri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mascheri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mascheriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| mascheriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mascherino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mascherassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mascherassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mascherasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mascherassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mascheraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mascherassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| maschererei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| maschereresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| maschererebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| maschereremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| mascherereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| maschererebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| maschera | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| mascheriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| mascherate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| mascherando | gerund |
| mascherato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- The reflexive 'mascherarsi da' means 'to dress up as'.