maquiaçám
Appearance
Macanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese malcriação, or a univerbation of Portuguese má criação, literally “bad nursing”. Compare Spanish malcriar (“to spoil”), malcriado (“spoiled”). Related to quiança and quiada, also displaying /kr/ → /k/.
Noun
[edit]maquiaçám
- spoiledness
- fazê maquiaçám ― to behave spoiledly (literally, “to do spoiledness”)