"massa" meaning in Portuguese

See massa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈma.sɐ/, [ˈma.s̺ɐ] [Northern, Portugal] Audio: LL-Q5146_(por)-Santamarcanda-massa.wav Forms: massas [plural]
Rhymes: -asɐ Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese massa, from Latin massa (“mass; dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”), from μάσσω (mássō, “to handle; to knead”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-. Etymology templates: {{der|pt|roa-opt|massa}} Old Galician-Portuguese massa, {{der|pt|la|massa||mass; dough}} Latin massa (“mass; dough”), {{der|pt|grc|μᾶζα||bread}} Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”), {{der|pt|ine-pro|*meh₂ǵ-}} Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ- Head templates: {{pt-adj}} massa m or f (plural massas)
  1. (Brazil, informal) cool (in fashion, part of or fitting the in-crowd) Tags: Brazil, feminine, informal, masculine Synonyms: fixe, legal
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-adj-A13RPJbx Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Building materials, Foods Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 28 13 8 3 4 3 9 1 16 14 Disambiguation of Building materials: 31 12 6 3 3 3 6 2 17 16 Disambiguation of Foods: 18 6 14 9 21 1 1 1 9 18
  2. (Brazil, informal) great; amazing; awesome Tags: Brazil, feminine, informal, masculine Synonyms: espetacular
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-adj-oJ~~Ncnl Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese

Noun

IPA: /ˈma.sɐ/, [ˈma.s̺ɐ] [Northern, Portugal] Audio: LL-Q5146_(por)-Santamarcanda-massa.wav Forms: massas [plural]
Rhymes: -asɐ Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese massa, from Latin massa (“mass; dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”), from μάσσω (mássō, “to handle; to knead”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-. Etymology templates: {{der|pt|roa-opt|massa}} Old Galician-Portuguese massa, {{der|pt|la|massa||mass; dough}} Latin massa (“mass; dough”), {{der|pt|grc|μᾶζα||bread}} Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”), {{der|pt|ine-pro|*meh₂ǵ-}} Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ- Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} massa f (plural massas)
  1. (cooking) dough (a thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients) Tags: feminine Synonyms (dough): pasta
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-noun-N~EKsIN- Categories (other): Cooking, Foods Disambiguation of Foods: 18 6 14 9 21 1 1 1 9 18 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'dough': 60 2 4 2 4 1 2 25
  2. (cooking) batter (a beaten mixture of flour and liquid) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-noun-kfmnkYLN Categories (other): Cooking Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  3. (cooking) pasta Tags: feminine Synonyms (pasta, some types, dried): macarrão
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-noun-pMGO4K2l Categories (other): Cooking, Foods Disambiguation of Foods: 18 6 14 9 21 1 1 1 9 18 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'pasta, some types, dried': 15 2 51 2 3 1 2 24
  4. a concentration of substance or tightly packed objects Tags: feminine Synonyms (concentration): aglomerado, concentração
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-noun-MdcCuJKW Disambiguation of 'concentration': 5 1 2 69 6 2 12 3
  5. (construction) mortar (mixture for bonding bricks) Tags: feminine Synonyms: argamassa Synonyms (mortar): argamassa, cafelo, rebouco
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-noun-aFCSLd2A Categories (other): Construction Topics: business, construction, manufacturing Disambiguation of 'mortar': 3 3 4 2 72 1 2 12
  6. multitude (a great mass of people) Tags: feminine Synonyms (multitude): multidão, povo
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-noun-l8ye65Qd Disambiguation of 'multitude': 1 1 1 1 2 93 1 1
  7. (uncountable, physics) mass (quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume) Tags: feminine, uncountable Synonyms (mass): peso [colloquial]
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-noun-pGbXsTtc Categories (other): Physics Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'mass': 0 0 0 0 0 38 62 0
  8. (slang, uncountable) money Tags: feminine, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-noun-jSrItY6t Categories (other): Foods, Money Disambiguation of Foods: 18 6 14 9 21 1 1 1 9 18 Disambiguation of Money: 2 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 6 80 Synonyms: aqué [Brazil], arame [broadly, colloquial, figuratively], bago [slang], bufunfa [Angola, Brazil, colloquial], cascalho [slang], carcanhol [Portugal, colloquial], cobre / cobres [colloquial], cumbu [Angola], dindim [Brazil, slang], dinheiro, fanfa [Portugal, colloquial], faz-me rir [Brazil, slang], gaita [slang], grana [slang], graveto [Portugal, colloquial], guita [colloquial], guito [Portugal, colloquial], leca / lecas [slang], maçaroca [slang], mango [slang], moeda [formal], pasta [Portugal, colloquial], pecúnia [formal], pila [slang], pilim [Portugal, colloquial], taco [Portugal, colloquial], torro [Brazil, slang], tostão, tutu [slang], verba, vintém [colloquial]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dinheiro [money, finance, business], grana [money, finance, business], verba [money, finance, business] Derived forms: em massa, massa atómica, massa bruta, massa cinzenta, massa corrida, massa do sangue, massa folhada, massas Related terms: amassado, amassar, massas

Inflected forms

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          "word": "faz-me rir"
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          "word": "fixe"
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        {
          "word": "legal"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Brazilian Portuguese",
        "Portuguese informal terms",
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Learning languages is awesome!",
          "text": "Aprender línguas é muito massa!",
          "translation": "Learning languages is awesome!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "great; amazing; awesome"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "amazing",
          "amazing"
        ],
        [
          "awesome",
          "awesome"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Brazil, informal) great; amazing; awesome"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "espetacular"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.sɐ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈma.s̺ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-asɐ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "maça"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q5146_(por)-Santamarcanda-massa.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q5146_%28por%29-Santamarcanda-massa.wav/LL-Q5146_%28por%29-Santamarcanda-massa.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q5146_%28por%29-Santamarcanda-massa.wav/LL-Q5146_%28por%29-Santamarcanda-massa.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "massa"
}

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