macero

== Catalan == === Verb === macero first-person singular present indicative of macerar == Ido == === Noun === macero (plural maceri) maceration, digestion == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃe.ro/ Rhymes: -atʃero Hyphenation: mà‧ce‧ro === Etymology 1 === Endingless past participle of macerare. ==== Adjective ==== macero (feminine macera, masculine plural maceri, feminine plural macere) soaked, steeped, macerated beaten, bruised === Etymology 2 === Deverbal from macerare +‎ -o. ==== Noun ==== macero m (plural maceri) maceration pulping (of old books, etc.) carta da macero (figurative, pejorative) ― pulp (book or magazine) vessel used for macerating Synonym: maceratoio === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== macero first-person singular present indicative of macerare === Anagrams === Morace, acrome, camero, camerò, com'era, comare, corame, racemo == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱeseh₂ti, from *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “knead”), Lithuanian makonė, Old Church Slavonic мокръ (mokrŭ, “wet”), Russian мочи́ть (močítʹ, “to wet”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.kɛ.roː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.t͡ʃe.ro] === Verb === mācerō (present infinitive mācerāre, perfect active mācerāvī, supine mācerātum); first conjugation to soften, make tender by soaking or steeping to weaken, waste away (figuratively) to vex, torment, distress (Medieval Latin) to mortify (discipline, chastise, or subject to severe privation for the atonement of sins) (Medieval Latin) to torture ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== mācerātiō mācerēscō māceria ==== Descendants ==== === References === “mācĕro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “macero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “mācĕro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 934/1. “mācerō” on page 1,057/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “macerare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 623/2 == Portuguese == === Verb === macero first-person singular present indicative of macerar == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maˈθeɾo/ [maˈθe.ɾo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /maˈseɾo/ [maˈse.ɾo] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eɾo Syllabification: ma‧ce‧ro === Etymology 1 === From maza + -ero. ==== Noun ==== macero m (plural maceros, feminine macera, feminine plural maceras) mace-bearer === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== macero first-person singular present indicative of macerar === Further reading === “macero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025