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mato.

forest; bush; jungle; woods (uncultivated area covered in wild plants)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈma.tu/Brazil/ˈma.tu/Portugal
  1. forest; bush; jungle; woods (uncultivated area covered in wild plants)

    masculine · uncountable · usually
  2. wild grass, weeds and other low-lying plants

    masculine · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mato.

verb/ˈma.tu/Brazil/ˈma.tu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of matar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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