maçã

See also: Appendix:Variations of "maca"

Portuguese

maçã

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese maçãa, from Vulgar Latin māla Mattiāna (literally “apples of Mattium”), though some theorize that Mattiāna was an Iberian pronunciation of the Gallo-Roman word matianium, a golden apple named after Gaius Matius, a horticulturist and friend of Caesar.

Cognate with Galician mazá, Aragonese and Asturian mazana, Mirandese maçana and Spanish manzana (Old Spanish maçana).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈsɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈsɐ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɐ̃
• Hyphenation: ma‧çã

Noun

maçã f (plural maçãs)

1. apple (fruit)

   Synonym: (poetic) pomo

Derived terms

• maçãzinha (diminutive)
• maçãzona (augmentative)
• macieira (“apple tree”)