Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to masquerade
Participle: masqueraded
Gerund: masquerading
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | masquerade |
| you | masquerade |
| he;she;it | masquerades |
| we | masquerade |
| you | masquerade |
| they | masquerade |
Perfect
| I | have masqueraded |
| you | have masqueraded |
| he;she;it | has masqueraded |
| we | have masqueraded |
| you | have masqueraded |
| they | have masqueraded |
Past
| I | masqueraded |
| you | masqueraded |
| he;she;it | masqueraded |
| we | masqueraded |
| you | masqueraded |
| they | masqueraded |
Pluperfect
| I | had masqueraded |
| you | had masqueraded |
| he;she;it | had masqueraded |
| we | had masqueraded |
| you | had masqueraded |
| they | had masqueraded |
Future
| I | will masquerade |
| you | will masquerade |
| he;she;it | will masquerade |
| we | will masquerade |
| you | will masquerade |
| they | will masquerade |
Future Perfect
| I | will have masqueraded |
| you | will have masqueraded |
| he;she;it | will have masqueraded |
| we | will have masqueraded |
| you | will have masqueraded |
| they | will have masqueraded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | masquerade |
| you | masquerade |
| he;she;it | masquerade |
| we | masquerade |
| you | masquerade |
| they | masquerade |
Perfect
| I | have masqueraded |
| you | have masqueraded |
| he;she;it | have masqueraded |
| we | have masqueraded |
| you | have masqueraded |
| they | have masqueraded |
Imperfect
| I | masqueraded |
| you | masqueraded |
| he;she;it | masqueraded |
| we | masqueraded |
| you | masqueraded |
| they | masqueraded |
Pluperfect
| I | had masqueraded |
| you | had masqueraded |
| he;she;it | had masqueraded |
| we | had masqueraded |
| you | had masqueraded |
| they | had masqueraded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would masquerade |
| you | would masquerade |
| he;she;it | would masquerade |
| we | would masquerade |
| you | would masquerade |
| they | would masquerade |
Perfect
| I | would have masqueraded |
| you | would have masqueraded |
| he;she;it | would have masqueraded |
| we | would have masqueraded |
| you | would have masqueraded |
| they | would have masqueraded |
Imperative
| you | masquerade |
| we | Let's masquerade |
| you | masquerade |
Verbs conjugated like 'masquerade'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'masquerade'
mastuprate,
pasquinade,
asperate,
macerate,
maquette,
marquee,
masculate,
masque,
masthead,
masturbate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The noun is borrowed from Middle French mascarade, masquarade, masquerade (modern French mascarade (“masquerade, masque; farce”)), and its etymon Italian mascherata (“masquerade”), from maschera (“mask”) + -ata. Maschera is derived from Medieval Latin masca (“mask”): see further there. The English word is cognate with Late Latin masquarata, Portuguese mascarada, Spanish mascarada.
2. The verb is derived from the noun.
Sample Sentences
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I’m going to masquerade as an old-fashioned pilot. What are you going to dress up as?
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There was a Freak took an Aſs in the Head, to Scoure abroad on the Ramble; and away he goes into the Woods, Maſquerading up and down in a Lyon's Skin. [1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Anianus, &c.] Fab[le] CCXXIV. An Ass in a Lyon’s Skin.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC, page 196:]
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He masqueraded as my friend until the truth finally came out.
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Ethan Hunt, the human missile of American intelligence that Tom Cruise has been popping back in to play for more than 20 years now, is masquerading as a mysterious terrorist, the perfectly named John Lark, to buy back some plutonium he’s lost to a cabal of doomsday extremists. [2018 July 25, A. A. Dowd, “Fallout may be the Most Breathlessly Intense Mission: Impossible Adventure Yet”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2018:]
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A Foundation outpost masquerading as an abandoned home has been established within the vicinity of SCP-2003. [2025 August 5, PlaguePJP, J Dune, “SCP-2003”, in SCP Wiki, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2026:]