mazo

See also: Mazo, mazó, and mažo

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaθo̝/, (western) /ˈmaso̝/

Noun

mazo m (plural mazos)

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

Derived terms

• Mazo
• Mazos

Related terms

• maza
• mazola

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “maço”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “maço”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mazo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mazo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mazo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Latvian

Adjective

mazo

1. (deprecated template usage) vocative singular masculine form of mazais
2. (deprecated template usage) accusative singular masculine form of mazais
3. (deprecated template usage) instrumental singular masculine form of mazais
4. (deprecated template usage) genitive plural masculine form of mazais
5. (deprecated template usage) vocative singular feminine form of mazais
6. (deprecated template usage) accusative singular feminine form of mazais
7. (deprecated template usage) instrumental singular feminine form of mazais
8. (deprecated template usage) genitive plural feminine form of mazais

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Spanish

Etymology

From maza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈmaθo/ [ˈma.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈmaso/ [ˈma.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo

Noun

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

• a Dios rogando y con el mazo dando
• mazazo

 

Adverb

mazo

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

Verb

mazo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mazar

Further reading

• “mazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28