different between manscara vs mascara

English

Etymology

Blend of man +? mascara.

Noun

manscara (uncountable)

1. (slang) Mascara designed for and/or marketed toward men.
   • 2008, Renyi Lim, "Nailing the Look: Men", in "Graveyard Glamour", Quench (Cardiff University), Issue 72, October 2008, page 24 (approx.):

     With the invention of male cosmetics such as 'guyliner' and 'manscara' by Superdrug, fashion-conscious young men have no excuse to avoid this autumn's dark romantic goth trend just because they don't have a girlfriend to steal eyeliner from.

   • 2009, Lara Fox, Miss Understanding: My Year In Agony, Hodder Children's Books (2010), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Dad had dyed his hair and may even have been wearing manscara.

   • 2013, "Blokey Beauty: guyliner?", The Courier (Newcastle University), Issue 1282, 2 December 2013, page 19:

     Annah Baines and David Leighton discuss their views on whether they think a bit of 'manscara' and 'guyliner' is acceptable, or whether it's a crime against hu-man-ity

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:manscara.

English

Etymology

Italian maschera (“mask”).

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?mæs?k????/, /m?s?k????/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??sk????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæs?kæ??/

Noun

mascara (countable and uncountable, plural mascaras)

1. A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.

Translations

Verb

mascara (third-person singular simple present mascaras, present participle mascaraing, simple past and past participle mascaraed)

1. To apply mascara to the eyelashes

Related terms

• mask

Anagrams

• Camaras, maracas, marasca

Catalan

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *mask- (“black, stained”).

Noun

mascara f (plural mascares)

1. soot
2. stain
3. sooty mold

   Synonym: fumagina

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

From Italian maschera (“mask”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mas?ca?ra

Noun

mascara f or m (plural mascara's, diminutive mascaraatje n)

1. mascara

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mascara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas.ka.?a/

Noun

mascara m (plural mascaras)

1. mascara

Further reading

• “mascara” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

See maschera

Noun

mascara m (invariable)

1. mascara

   Synonym: rimmel

Anagrams

• marasca

Portuguese

Verb

mascara

1. First-person singular (eu) pluperfect indicative of mascar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) pluperfect indicative of mascar
3. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of mascarar

Spanish

Verb

mascara

1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect subjunctive form of mascar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect subjunctive form of mascar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) imperfect subjunctive form of mascar.