maça

From Old Occitan, from Late Latin mattia or Vulgar Latin *mattea, probably from Latin mateola, from Proto-Indo-European *mat (“hoe, plow”). Compare Occitan massa, Spanish maza, Portuguese maça, French masse, Italian mazza.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈma.sə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.sa/
• Homophone: massa
• Rhymes: -asa

maça f (plural maces)

1. mace (weapon)

From Old Portuguese maça, from Late Latin mattia or Vulgar Latin *mattea, probably from Latin mateola, from Proto-Indo-European *mat (“hoe, plow”). Compare Spanish maza, Italian mazza, Catalan maça, French masse.

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.sɐ/
• Homophones: massa

maça f (plural maças)

1. mace (weapon)
2. mallet (type of hammer with a head made of a non-iron material)

• clava, cacete, porrete

• maço

• maçar