mascavo

Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from mascavar (“to adulterate, to lessen”), corrupted from menoscabar, from Vulgar Latin minuscapare.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐsˈkavu̥/

Adjective

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

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

Verb

mascavo

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of mascavar
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.