macigno

Meaning

1. (masculine) rock, boulder, sandstone, grit
2. (broadly, figuratively, masculine) rock (as a symbol of hardness, cruelty, or oppression)

Concepts

boulder

rock

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bowlder

hard sandstone

sandstone

stone

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wacke

calcareous sandstone

cobble

gibber

nugget

Synonyms

masso

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arenaria

sasso

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Translations

peñasco

pedregulho

roc

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rocher

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rocha

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piedra calcárea

rochedo

rotsblok

Felsbrocken

lourd

pedra

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βότσαλο

λίθος

Feldstein

Hyphenated as

ma‧cì‧gno

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maˈt͡ʃiɲ.ɲo/

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin machineum, from Latin machina (“machine”), in the sense of a millstone of a mill.