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Terms in Portuguese 1781-1790 of 3077

maçã assada

/mah-SOWNG uh-SAH-duh/
[Portuguese]

Baked apple

maçapão

/muh-suh-POWNG/
[Portuguese] plural maçapães

Marzipan

maçarico-de-bico-direito

[Portuguese]

Black-tailed godwit, A tall wader with a long, straight bill. It has a broad white wing bar and a bold black band on a snow white tail. Eaten in the same way as woodcock.

macarrão

/muh-kuh-ROWNG/
[Portuguese]

Macaroni. Pasta.

macaxeira

[Portuguese]

Cassava. Manioc. Yuca. Fleshy, starchy tubers with tough brown skin and crisp white flesh, originally from Brazil but now widely cultivated. There are two types, sweet and bitter. Avoid the bitter one. Throughout the Amazon basin there are 26 varieties, each thriving under different conditions. The process of making it into flour or tapioca removes the toxins.

macaxeira

/muh-kuh-SHAY-ruh/
[Portuguese]

Tapioca. Cassava. Manioc. Yuca. Fleshy, starchy tubers with tough brown skin and crisp white flesh, originally from Brazil but now widely cultivated. There are two types, sweet and bitter. Avoid the bitter one. Throughout the Amazon basin there are 26 varieties, each thriving under different conditions. The process of making it into flour or tapioca removes the toxins.

macedónia de frutas

/mah-see-DOHN-uh deu FROO-tuh/
[Portuguese]

Fruit cocktail. Fruit salad.

Macieira ®

/mah-see-AY-ruh/
[Portuguese]

Portuguese brandy

macio

/muh-SEE-yoo/
[Portuguese]

Tender

Madeira

/muh-DAY-ruh/
[Portuguese]

"Wood." An island producing renowned dessert wines, of which Sercial is the driest. This, like Verdelho, may be drunk as an apéritif. Malmsey is a rich, dark amber Madeira wine, served at room temperature as a dessert wine. Boal is drier and smokier than Malmsey.