mascavado

Portuguese

Etymology

The past participle of mascavar, a corrupted form of menoscabar (“to despise”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mas.kaˈva.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mas.kaˈva.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʃ.kaˈva.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mas.kaˈva.do/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐʃ.kɐˈva.du/ [mɐʃ.kɐˈva.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐʃ.kɐˈva.du/ [mɐʃ.kɐˈva.ðu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐʃ.kɐˈba.du/ [mɐʃ.kɐˈβa.ðu]

• Hyphenation: mas‧ca‧va‧do

Participle

mascavado (feminine mascavada, masculine plural mascavados, feminine plural mascavadas)

1. past participle of mascavar

Adjective

mascavado (feminine mascavada, masculine plural mascavados, feminine plural mascavadas)

1. muscovado (unrefined brown sugar)
2. adulterated
3. incomprehensible

Descendants

• → English: muscovado