mação
Portuguese, noun/maˈsɐ̃w̃/
mação is spelled M-A-Ç-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,221st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mação is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Freemason (member of the Free and Accepted Masons organisation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of maço. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “membro da maçonaria; ver maçom”.
What does mação mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineFreemason (member of the Free and Accepted Masons organisation)
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of maço
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. membro da maçonaria; ver maçom 2. maço grande
noun: 1. município e freguesia portugueses do distrito de Santarém
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 mação
- mações plural
- maçona feminine
- maçonas feminine plural
- maçon alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mação?
- Brazil /maˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /mɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mação in Portuguese?
mação appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).