Masculine

manzo

Meaning

  1. (masculine) beef
  2. (masculine, uncommon) ox, steer
  3. (figuratively, masculine) A large, strong and uncouth man.

Synonyms

carne bovina

carne di bue

carne di manzo

bue da macello

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
màn‧zo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈman.d͡zo/
Etymology

Disputed, maybe from a pre-Latin (possibly Illyrian) root. Compare Albanian mëz, and Romanian mânz, Aromanian mãndzu, which might be from the same source.

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