maquillar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French maquiller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.kiˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.kiˈʎaɾ]

Verb

maquillar (first-person singular present maquillo, first-person singular preterite maquillí, past participle maquillat)

1. to apply makeup or cosmetics
2. (reflexive) to put on makeup, to apply cosmetics

Conjugation

    Conjugation of maquillar (first conjugation)

infinitive			maquillar
gerund			maquillant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		maquillat		maquillada
		plural		maquillats		maquillades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	maquillo	maquilles	maquilla	maquillem	maquilleu	maquillen
	imperfect	maquillava	maquillaves	maquillava	maquillàvem	maquillàveu	maquillaven
	future	maquillaré	maquillaràs	maquillarà	maquillarem	maquillareu	maquillaran
	preterite	maquillí	maquillares	maquillà	maquillàrem	maquillàreu	maquillaren
	conditional	maquillaria	maquillaries	maquillaria	maquillaríem	maquillaríeu	maquillarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	maquilli	maquillis	maquilli	maquillem	maquilleu	maquillin
	imperfect	maquillés	maquillessis	maquillés	maquilléssim	maquilléssiu	maquillessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	maquilla	maquilli	maquillem	maquilleu	maquillin
	negative (no)	—	no maquillis	no maquilli	no maquillem	no maquilleu	no maquillin

Related terms

• maquillatge
• maquillar-se

Further reading

• “maquillar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French maquiller.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /makiˈʝaɾ/ [ma.kiˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /makiˈʝaɾ/ [ma.kiˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /makiˈʎaɾ/ [ma.kiˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /makiˈʃaɾ/ [ma.kiˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /makiˈʒaɾ/ [ma.kiˈʒaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧qui‧llar

Verb

maquillar (first-person singular present maquillo, first-person singular preterite maquillé, past participle maquillado)

1. (transitive) to apply makeup or cosmetics to
2. (transitive) to fiddle, massage (numbers, data)
3. (figurative, transitive) to disguise, dress up
4. (reflexive) to put on makeup, to apply cosmetics

Conjugation

    Conjugation of maquillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			maquillar
gerund			maquillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		maquillado		maquillada
		plural		maquillados		maquilladas
		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	maquillo	maquillastú maquillásvos	maquilla	maquillamos	maquilláis	maquillan
	imperfect	maquillaba	maquillabas	maquillaba	maquillábamos	maquillabais	maquillaban
	preterite	maquillé	maquillaste	maquilló	maquillamos	maquillasteis	maquillaron
	future	maquillaré	maquillarás	maquillará	maquillaremos	maquillaréis	maquillarán
	conditional	maquillaría	maquillarías	maquillaría	maquillaríamos	maquillaríais	maquillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	maquille	maquillestú maquillésvos2	maquille	maquillemos	maquilléis	maquillen
	imperfect (ra)	maquillara	maquillaras	maquillara	maquilláramos	maquillarais	maquillaran
	imperfect (se)	maquillase	maquillases	maquillase	maquillásemos	maquillaseis	maquillasen
	future1	maquillare	maquillares	maquillare	maquilláremos	maquillareis	maquillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		maquillatú maquillávos	maquille	maquillemos	maquillad	maquillen
	negative		no maquilles	no maquille	no maquillemos	no maquilléis	no maquillen

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

    Selected combined forms of maquillar

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 maquillar	dative	maquillarme	maquillarte	maquillarle, maquillarse	maquillarnos	maquillaros	maquillarles, maquillarse
	accusative	maquillarme	maquillarte	maquillarlo, maquillarla, maquillarse	maquillarnos	maquillaros	maquillarlos, maquillarlas, maquillarse
with gerund maquillando	dative	maquillándome	maquillándote	maquillándole, maquillándose	maquillándonos	maquillándoos	maquillándoles, maquillándose
	accusative	maquillándome	maquillándote	maquillándolo, maquillándola, maquillándose	maquillándonos	maquillándoos	maquillándolos, maquillándolas, maquillándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative maquilla	dative	maquíllame	maquíllate	maquíllale	maquíllanos	not used	maquíllales
	accusative	maquíllame	maquíllate	maquíllalo, maquíllala	maquíllanos	not used	maquíllalos, maquíllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative maquillá	dative	maquillame	maquillate	maquillale	maquillanos	not used	maquillales
	accusative	maquillame	maquillate	maquillalo, maquillala	maquillanos	not used	maquillalos, maquillalas
with formal second-person singular imperative maquille	dative	maquílleme	not used	maquíllele, maquíllese	maquíllenos	not used	maquílleles
	accusative	maquílleme	not used	maquíllelo, maquíllela, maquíllese	maquíllenos	not used	maquíllelos, maquíllelas
with first-person plural imperative maquillemos	dative	not used	maquillémoste	maquillémosle	maquillémonos	maquillémoos	maquillémosles
	accusative	not used	maquillémoste	maquillémoslo, maquillémosla	maquillémonos	maquillémoos	maquillémoslos, maquillémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative maquillad	dative	maquilladme	not used	maquilladle	maquilladnos	maquillaos	maquilladles
	accusative	maquilladme	not used	maquilladlo, maquilladla	maquilladnos	maquillaos	maquilladlos, maquilladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative maquillen	dative	maquíllenme	not used	maquíllenle	maquíllennos	not used	maquíllenles, maquíllense
	accusative	maquíllenme	not used	maquíllenlo, maquíllenla	maquíllennos	not used	maquíllenlos, maquíllenlas, maquíllense

Related terms

• maquillaje
• maquillarse

Further reading

• “maquillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10