amaso

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See also: amasó

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French amas, Italian ammasso.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [aˈmaso]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aso
  • Hyphenation: a‧ma‧so

Noun

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amaso (accusative singular amason, plural amasoj, accusative plural amasojn)

  1. mass (large quantity)
    Li facile rekoneblas pro sia amaso da rufaj haroj.He’s easy to be recognized because of his mass of red hair.
    Ĉiutage nin bombardas amaso da informoj.Every day we are bombarded with a mass of information.
  2. heap, pile, stack
    Amasoj da libroj kovris ŝian skribtablon.Piles of books covered her desk.
    La aŭto fiksiĝis en amaso da neĝo.The car got stuck in a pile of snow.
  3. crowd (of people), flock, herd (of animals)
    Li vane penis eliri el la amaso.He tried in vain to get out of the crowd.
    Sur la montetoj vidiĝis amasoj da paŝtiĝantaj ŝafoj.On the hills, flocks of sheep could be seen grazing.

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Galician

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Verb

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amaso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of amasar

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Esperanto amasoEnglish massFrench amasGerman MasseItalian ammassoRussian ма́сса (mássa)Spanish masa.

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Noun

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amaso (plural amasi)

  1. mass, pile, heap

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Rwanda-Rundi

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Noun

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amâso class 6

  1. plural of ijisho

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈmaso/ [aˈma.so]
  • Rhymes: -aso
  • Syllabification: a‧ma‧so

Verb

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amaso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of amasar