maciço
Portuguese, noun/maˈsi.su/
maciço is spelled M-A-C-I-Ç-O (6 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,354th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maciço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “massif” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cadeia de montanhas”.
What does maciço mean in English?
adjective
- 1
solid
- 2
mass
noun
- 1
masculinemassif
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. compacto; sem vazios internos 2. em grande quantidade
noun: 1. cadeia de montanhas
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 maciço
- maciça feminine
- maciços masculine plural
- maciças feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maciço?
- Brazil /maˈsi.su/
- Portugal /mɐˈsi.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maciço
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maciço in Portuguese?
maciço appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).