maçada
Portuguese, noun/maˈsa.dɐ/
maçada is spelled M-A-Ç-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 84,550th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maçada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “blow from a mace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of maçado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pancada com maça ou maço”.
What does maçada mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineblow from a mace
- 2
feminineinconvenience, nuisance, annoyance
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of maçado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pancada com maça ou maço 2. sova 3. trabalho penoso ou enfadonho 4. aborrecimento, chatice, caceteação
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of maçada
- maçadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maçada?
- Brazil /maˈsa.dɐ/
- Portugal /mɐˈsa.dɐ/
- Portugal [mɐˈsa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maçada in Portuguese?
maçada appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).