maquiaçám

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Macanese

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Etymology

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From Portuguese malcriação, or a univerbation of Portuguese criação, literally bad nursing. Compare Spanish malcriar (to spoil), malcriado (spoiled). Related to quiança and quiada, also displaying /kr/ → /k/.

Noun

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maquiaçám

  1. spoiledness
    fazê maquiaçámto behave spoiledly (literally, “to do spoiledness”)
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