massa.
dough (a thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients)
Meaning & usage
dough (a thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients)
massa de pão
batter (a beaten mixture of flour and liquid)
massa de bolo
pasta
a concentration of substance or tightly packed objects
mortar (mixture for bonding bricks)
multitude (a great mass of people)
mass (quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume)
money
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese massa, from Latin massa (“mass; dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”), from μάσσω (mássō, “to handle; to knead”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-.
cool (in fashion, part of or fitting the in-crowd)
great; amazing; awesome
Aprender línguas é muito massa!
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese massa, from Latin massa (“mass; dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”), from μάσσω (mássō, “to handle; to knead”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-.
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