macizo

Meaning

Adj

1. solid
2. massive, large
3. (colloquial) hunky, dishy

Noun

1. (masculine) flowerbed
2. (masculine) mass, solid
3. (masculine) massif
4. (colloquial,masculine) hunk

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of macizar

Concepts

massif

patch

massive

bed

solid

flowerbed

board

plank

shelf

stout

firm

platform

flower bed

bulky

dense

hunk

plate

pert

supple

well-toned

decent

Hyphenated as

ma‧ci‧zo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maˈθiθo/

Etymology

From a hypothetical earlier *massizo, from Vulgar Latin *massīcius, from Latin massa (“mass”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley cake”); see links for more. The sense “massif” is a semantic loan from French massif, which is cognate.

Sentences

Este macizo está todavía cubierto de bosques a pesar de la deforestación .

This massif is still covered with forests despite deforestation.