"massa" meaning in Portuguese

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈma.sɐ/, [ˈma.s̺ɐ] [Northern, Portugal] 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”), {{m|grc|μάσσω|t=to handle; to knead}} μάσσω (mássō, “to handle; to knead”), {{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 (cool): fixe [Portugal], legal [Brazil]
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-adj-A13RPJbx Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 38 16 9 3 3 9 1 22 0 Disambiguation of 'cool': 73 27
  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] 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”), {{m|grc|μάσσω|t=to handle; to knead}} μάσσω (mássō, “to handle; to knead”), {{der|pt|ine-pro|*meh₂ǵ-}} Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ- Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} massa f (plural massas)
  1. (cooking) dough (mix of flour and other ingredients) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Cooking, Foods Synonyms (dough): pasta
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-noun-31FhLjEu Disambiguation of Foods: 17 8 29 17 4 14 1 9 1 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'dough': 68 2 2 5 1 2 19
  2. (cooking) pasta Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-noun-pMGO4K2l Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  3. a concentration of substance or tightly packed objects Tags: feminine Synonyms (concentration): aglomerado, concentração
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-noun-MdcCuJKW Disambiguation of 'concentration': 3 1 69 10 1 16 0
  4. (construction) mortar (mixture for bonding bricks) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Construction, Building materials Synonyms (mortar): argamassa, cafelo, rebouco
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-noun-aFCSLd2A Disambiguation of Building materials: 18 7 5 2 4 48 1 16 0 Topics: business, construction, manufacturing Disambiguation of 'mortar': 6 4 4 81 1 4 0
  5. 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 92 3 0
  6. (uncountable, physics) mass (quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume) Tags: feminine, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms (mass): peso [colloquial]
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-noun-pGbXsTtc Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'mass': 0 0 14 0 33 53 0
  7. (slang, uncountable) money Tags: feminine, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Money
    Sense id: en-massa-pt-noun-jSrItY6t Disambiguation of Money: 15 6 9 2 2 12 1 22 32
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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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "massa f (plural massas)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mas‧sa"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "amassado"
    },
    {
      "word": "amassar"
    },
    {
      "word": "massas"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "pt:Cooking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cooking",
          "cooking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "dough",
          "dough"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cooking) dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "pt:Cooking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pasta"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cooking",
          "cooking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "pasta",
          "pasta"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cooking) pasta"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a concentration of substance or tightly packed objects"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "concentration",
          "concentration"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "pt:Construction"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mortar (mixture for bonding bricks)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "construction",
          "construction"
        ],
        [
          "mortar",
          "mortar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(construction) mortar (mixture for bonding bricks)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "construction",
        "manufacturing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "multitude (a great mass of people)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "multitude",
          "multitude"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese uncountable nouns",
        "pt:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mass (quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, physics) mass (quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese slang",
        "Portuguese uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "money"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, uncountable) money"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.sɐ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈma.s̺ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-asɐ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "maça"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "dough",
      "word": "pasta"
    },
    {
      "sense": "concentration",
      "word": "aglomerado"
    },
    {
      "sense": "concentration",
      "word": "concentração"
    },
    {
      "sense": "mortar",
      "word": "argamassa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "mortar",
      "word": "cafelo"
    },
    {
      "sense": "mortar",
      "word": "rebouco"
    },
    {
      "sense": "multitude",
      "word": "multidão"
    },
    {
      "sense": "multitude",
      "word": "povo"
    },
    {
      "sense": "mass",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "peso"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "money",
        "finance",
        "business"
      ],
      "word": "dinheiro"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "money",
        "finance",
        "business"
      ],
      "word": "grana"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "money",
        "finance",
        "business"
      ],
      "word": "verba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "massa"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Portuguese 2-syllable words",
    "Portuguese adjectives",
    "Portuguese countable nouns",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese feminine nouns",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese nouns",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Portuguese terms with audio links",
    "Portuguese terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/asɐ",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/asɐ/2 syllables",
    "pt:Building materials",
    "pt:Foods",
    "pt:Money"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "massa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese massa",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "massa",
        "4": "",
        "5": "mass; dough"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin massa (“mass; dough”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μᾶζα",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bread"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μάσσω",
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      },
      "expansion": "μάσσω (mássō, “to handle; to knead”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meh₂ǵ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "massas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "massa m or f (plural massas)",
      "name": "pt-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mas‧sa"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Brazilian Portuguese",
        "Portuguese informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cool (in fashion, part of or fitting the in-crowd)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cool",
          "cool"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Brazil, informal) cool (in fashion, part of or fitting the in-crowd)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Brazilian Portuguese",
        "Portuguese informal terms",
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Learning languages is awesome!",
          "text": "Aprender línguas é muito massa!",
          "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"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "cool",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "fixe"
    },
    {
      "sense": "cool",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "legal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "massa"
}

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