mascarilla

Spanish

President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen wearing a mask

A man wearing a mask

A woman wearing a facial mask.

Etymology

From máscara +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maskaˈɾiʝa/ [mas.kaˈɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maskaˈɾiʝa/ [mas.kaˈɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /maskaˈɾiʎa/ [mas.kaˈɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maskaˈɾiʃa/ [mas.kaˈɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maskaˈɾiʒa/ [mas.kaˈɾi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: mas‧ca‧ri‧lla

Noun

mascarilla f (plural mascarillas)

1. mask (cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for protection or disguise)
2. (medicine) mask, surgical mask, facemask (cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for protection or disguise)
   • 2020 October 11, Alejandro Ciriza, El País‎^[1]:

     Rafael Nadal eleva, con mascarilla, su 13ª Copa de los Mosqueteros en un ambiente que nada tiene que ver con el de otras ocasiones.

     Rafael Nadal, wearing a mask, lifts up his 13th Musketeers' Trophy in at atmosphere nothing like any other times.

3. facial mask, facemask (an application of mud, clay, etc. to the skin of the face for cosmetic purposes)

   Synonym: mascarilla facial

4. hair mask

   Synonym: mascarilla de pelo

Further reading

• “mascarilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28