mascavo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /masˈka.vu/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐʃˈka.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐʃˈka.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐʃˈka.bu/ [mɐʃˈka.βu]

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