mação

See also: macao, Macao, and Mação

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈsɐ̃w̃/ [maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Homophone: Mação
  • Audio (Portugal):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ção

Etymology 1

From maço +‎ -ão.

Noun

mação m (plural mações)

  1. augmentative of maço

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French maçon (“stonemason; Freemason”).

Alternative forms

Noun

mação m (plural mações, feminine maçona, feminine plural maçonas)

  1. Freemason (member of the Free and Accepted Masons organisation)

Further reading

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