mascavado

Portuguese

Etymology

The past participle of mascavar, a corrupted form of menoscabar (“to despise”).

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐʃ.kɐˈva.du/ [mɐʃ.kɐˈva.ðu]

  • Hyphenation: mas‧ca‧va‧do

Participle

mascavado (feminine mascavada, masculine plural mascavados, feminine plural mascavadas)

  1. past participle of mascavar

Adjective

mascavado (feminine mascavada, masculine plural mascavados, feminine plural mascavadas)

  1. adulterated
  2. incomprehensible

Noun

mascavado

  1. muscovado (unrefined brown sugar)

Descendants

  • → English: muscovado

Further reading

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