mazo – Wiktionary

See also: Mazo, mazó

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mažo

Galician

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key):

  /ˈmaθo̝/

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  western

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  /ˈmaso̝/

Noun

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mazo m (plural mazos)

1. mallet
2. large forge hammer

3. (

   by extension

   )

   forge, blacksmith’s workshop

4. deck, bundle, wad

Derived terms

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References

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• “maço” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI – ILGA 2006–2022.
• “maço” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez – Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “mazo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI – ILGA 2006–2013.
• “mazo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mazo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latvian

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Adjective

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mazo

1. mazais

   vocative singular masculine form of

2. mazais

   accusative singular masculine form of

3. mazais

   instrumental singular masculine form of

4. mazais

   genitive plural masculine form of

5. mazais

   vocative singular feminine form of

6. mazais

   accusative singular feminine form of

7. mazais

   instrumental singular feminine form of

8. mazais

   genitive plural feminine form of

Spanish

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Etymology

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From maza.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key):

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  Spain

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  /ˈmaθo/

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  [ˈma.θo]

• IPA(key):

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  Latin America

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  /ˈmaso/

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  [ˈma.so]

• Rhymes:

  -aθo

Noun

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mazo m (plural mazos)

1. hammer

   (

   tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding

   )

   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

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   club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar

   )

5. (

   card games

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   deck

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   pack or set of playing cards

   )

6. handful, bunch

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   group or number of things

   )

Derived terms

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Adverb

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mazo

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

Verb

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mazo

Further reading

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• “mazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014