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macizo

Pronunciation: /maˈθiθo/

“macizo” is a Spanish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. solid
  2. massive, large
  3. hunky, dishy

noun

  1. flowerbed
  2. mass, solid
  3. massif
  4. hunk

In Spanish

  1. Parte de un jardín o un parque en donde se cultivan flores, usualmente como decoración.
  2. Masa de terreno o masa montañosa principal. Sierra o parte de ella.
  3. Sólido.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish maçiço (mid-14th c.), from a hypothetical earlier *massizo, from Vulgar Latin *massīcius, from Latin massa (“mass”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley cake”); see links for more. The sense “massif” is a semantic loan from French massif, which is cognate.

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