mascavo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /masˈka.vu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /maʃˈka.vu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /masˈka.vo/
 

Etymology 1

Deverbal from mascavar (“to adulterate, to lessen”), corrupted from menoscabar, from Vulgar Latin *minuscapāre.

Adjective

mascavo (feminine mascava, masculine plural mascavos, feminine plural mascavas, not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) adulterated, unrefined
  2. (of sugar) brown, and with flavour of molasses

Etymology 2

Verb

mascavo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mascavar
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