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Where does “disfrazar” come from?

disfrazar (Spanish) comes from Spanish desfrezar, from Spanish frezar, from Vulgar Latin frictiare, from Latin fricāre, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

disfrazar (Spanish): to disguise; to dress up

Definitions

  1. to disguise; to dress up

Ancestry of “disfrazar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishdesfrezarObsolete form of disfrazar; to disguise
2Spanishfrezarto excrete; to spawn; to clean
3Vulgar Latinfrictiareto scrub
4Latinfricāre—
5LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
6Proto-Italic*friāō—

Words derived from “disfrazar”

  • disfraz
  • sfarzo
  • sfarzoso
  • sfarzosità
  • disfarçar
  • sfarzo
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