mazo

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See also: Mazo, mazó, and mažo

Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese maço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from maza (mallet). Cognate with Portuguese maço and Spanish mazo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈmaθo/ [ˈma.θʊ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ˈmaso/ [ˈma.sʊ]

 

  • Hyphenation: ma‧zo

Noun

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mazo m (plural mazos)

  1. mallet
  2. large forge hammer
  3. (by extension) forge, blacksmith's workshop
  4. deck, bundle, wad
Derived terms
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References

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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mazo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mazar

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /màː.zóː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [màː.zóː]

Noun

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mā̀zō m (possessed form mā̀zon)

  1. bushbuck

Latvian

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Adjective

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mazo

  1. inflection of mazais:
    1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
    2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈmaθo/ [ˈma.θo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈmaso/ [ˈma.so]
  • Rhymes: -aθo
  • Rhymes: -aso
  • Syllabification: ma‧zo

Etymology 1

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From maza.

Noun

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mazo m (plural mazos)

  1. hammer (tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)
    Synonym: martillo
  2. mallet (type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head)
  3. gavel (wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, committee chairman, or auctioneer)
  4. pestle (club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar)
  5. (card games) deck (pack or set of playing cards)
  6. handful, bunch (group or number of things)
Derived terms
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Adverb

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mazo

  1. (Madrid, Spain) heaps, a lot; (UK) loads, tons

Etymology 2

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Verb

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mazo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mazar

Further reading

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