Feminine
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maçã

Sentences
Meaning

apple (fruit)

Synonyms

madeira de macieira

maçã silvestre

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maˈsɐ̃/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese maçãa, from Vulgar Latin māla Mattiāna (literally “apples of Mattium”), though some theorize that Mattiāna was an Iberian pronunciation of the Gallo-Roman word matianium, a golden apple named after Gaius Matius, a horticulturist and friend of Caesar. Cognate with Galician mazá, Aragonese and Asturian mazana, Mirandese maçana and Spanish manzana (Old Spanish maçana).

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