macio
Meaning
soft
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ma‧ci‧o
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maˈsi.u/
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from massa (“dough”) + -io. Or, from Arabic ماسي (masi). Also compare Italian and Latin malacia, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). Cognates with Proto-Slavic *mękъkъ (“soft”).
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