maco

maco (uncountable)

1. An Egyptian cotton once used to make underwear and stockings.

• AMOC, OAMC, camo, coma

Borrowed from Spanish majo.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈma.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈma.ko]

maco (feminine maca, masculine plural macos, feminine plural maques)

1. beautiful, pretty

   Synonym: bonic

2. nice, lovely

   Synonym: agradable

• quemaco

• “maco”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “maco” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

maco

1. first-person singular present indicative of macar

Borrowed from Hebrew מצה.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat͡so/

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• Rhymes: -at͡so
• Hyphenation: ma‧co

maco (accusative singular macon, plural macoj, accusative plural macojn)

1. matzo, matzah (thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmako/ [ˈma.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: ma‧co

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maco m (plural macos)

1. (cant) prison

   Synonym: cárcel

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2. (Dominican Republic) a toad or frog

   Synonyms: rana, sapo

maco (feminine maca, masculine plural macos, feminine plural macas)

1. (cant) sly, cunning

   Synonyms: pícaro, pillo

maco

1. first-person singular present indicative of macar

• “maco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024