maco

See also: Appendix:Variations of "maco"

English

Noun

maco (uncountable)

1. An Egyptian cotton once used to make underwear and stockings.

Anagrams

• AMOC, OAMC, camo, coma

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish majo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈma.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈma.ko]

Adjective

maco (feminine maca, masculine plural macos, feminine plural maques)

1. beautiful, pretty

   Synonym: bonic

2. nice, lovely

   Synonym: agradable

Derived terms

• quemaco

Noun

maco m (plural macos, feminine maca, feminine plural maques)

1. Affectionate way of referring to someone

   Synonym: xato

Further reading

• “maco”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “maco”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Etymology 2

Verb

maco

1. first-person singular present indicative of macar

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מצה. First attested in Zamenhof's Plena Vortaro Rusa-Internacia (1889).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat͡so/

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• Rhymes: -at͡so
• Syllabification: ma‧co

Noun

maco (accusative singular macon, plural macoj, accusative plural macojn)

1. matzo, matzah (thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine)

Further reading

• “maco”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “maco”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmako/ [ˈma.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: ma‧co

Etymology 1

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Noun

maco m (plural macos)

1. (cant) prison

   Synonym: cárcel

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2. (Dominican Republic) a toad or frog

   Synonyms: rana, sapo

Etymology 2

Adjective

maco (feminine maca, masculine plural macos, feminine plural macas)

1. (cant) sly, cunning

   Synonyms: pícaro, pillo

Etymology 3

Verb

maco

1. first-person singular present indicative of macar

Further reading

• “maco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025