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maceta.

truncated conical iron hammer crossed by a short wooden handle

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/maˈse.tɐ/Brazil/mɐˈse.tɐ/Portugal
  1. truncated conical iron hammer crossed by a short wooden handle

    feminine
  2. cylindrical piece for grinding and undoing paints

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Portuguese maça Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Middle French -ettebor. Old Galician-Portuguese -eta ▲ Italian -ettainflu. ▲ French -etteinflu. Portuguese -eta Portuguese maceta From maça + -eta.

adj/maˈse.tɐ/Brazil/mɐˈse.tɐ/Portugal
  1. horse that has a bone defect in the boletus area

    Brazil · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *met-der. Proto-Indo-European *mot-(i-) Latin *matea Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ola Latin mateola Vulgar Latin *ma(t)tea Spanish maza Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ettebor. ▲ Late Latin -ittus Italian -ettoder. Italian -ettabor. Spanish -eta Spanish macetabor. Portuguese maceta Borrowed from Spanish maceta.

verb/maˈsɛ.tɐ/Brazil/mɐˈsɛ.tɐ/Portugal
  1. inflection of macetar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of macetar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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