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macio.

soft

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/maˈsi.u/Brazil/maˈsiw/Brazil[maˈsiʊ̯]Brazil/mɐˈsi.u/Portugal
  1. soft

    comparable
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Possibly from massa (“dough”) + -io. Or, from Arabic ماسي (masi). Also compare Italian and Latin malacia, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). Cognates with Proto-Slavic *mękъkъ (“soft”).

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