maskera

Cimbrian[edit]

maskera f

Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

mask +‎ -era

maskera (present maskerar, preterite maskerade, supine maskerat, imperative maskera)

to mask (put on a (facial) disguise)
Han blev jagad av tre maskerade män
He was chased by three masked men
(figuratively) to mask (conceal the true nature of)
maskera sina avsikter
mask one's intentions

Bedragarna har kunnat maskera sina samtal så att de ser ut att komma från myndigheter
The scammers have been able to mask their calls so that they appear to come from government agencies
to disguise (hide the identity of, by altering appearance, more generally)
Synonym: (disguise so as to try to appear to be someone else) förklä

Tjuvarna maskerade sig som städpersonal
The thieves disguised themselves as cleaning staff

Bomben var maskerad som en låda konjak
The bomb was disguised as a box of brandy
to mask (cover or shield, for example to prevent paint from getting onto the masked area when painting)
Synonym: maska
(military) to camouflage
Synonym: kamouflera

Conjugation of maskera (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	maskera		maskeras
Supine	maskerat		maskerats
Imperative	maskera		—
Imper. plural¹	maskeren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	maskerar	maskerade	maskeras	maskerades
Ind. plural¹	maskera	maskerade	maskeras	maskerades
Subjunctive²	maskere	maskerade	maskeres	maskerades
	Participles
Present participle	maskerande
Past participle	maskerad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.