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

Inherited from Latin: mateola

Cognate with Spanish: maza

Cognate with Italian: mazza

Cognate with Catalan: maça

Cognate with French: masse

In summary

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.