maça

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) mace (weapon)
2. (feminine) mallet (type of hammer with a head made of a non-iron material)

Verb

1. (form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of maçar:
2. (form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of maçar:

Hyphenated as

ma‧ça

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈma.sɐ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese maça, from Late Latin mattia or Vulgar Latin *mattea, probably from Latin mateola, from Proto-Indo-European *mat (“hoe, plow”). Compare Spanish maza, Italian mazza, Catalan maça, French masse.