Noun: masa
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | masa |
| Plural f | masas |
Sample Sentences
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logo todos ordenaron que fesesen as paandeiras o pan do dia, triigo de tres onças, ben apostado e ben linpo e de boa masa (after this everyone ordered the bakers to make the daily bread, wheat of three ounces, well prepared and very clean and of good dough) [1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 123:]
Nouns inflected like masa
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese massa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin massa (“dough”). Cognate with Portuguese massa and Spanish masa. See: Latin Nouns '
massa', Portuguese Nouns '
massa', Spanish Nouns '
masa'.
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