mascavo
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Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Deverbal from mascavar (“to adulterate, to lessen”), corrupted from menoscabar, from Vulgar Latin *minuscapāre.
Adjective[edit]
mascavo (feminine mascava, masculine plural mascavos, feminine plural mascavas, not comparable)
- (obsolete) adulterated, unrefined
- (of sugar) brown, and with flavour of molasses
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
mascavo