mão

Alternative forms

• maão

Etymology

From Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmã.o/

Noun

mão f

1. hand
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 294 (facsimile):

     Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.

     How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.

Alternative forms

• maõ (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mão (“hand”), from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-. Cognate with Galician man, Spanish mano, Catalan mà, Occitan man, French main, Italian mano and Romanian mână.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃w̃/
• Hyphenation: mão
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃

Noun

mão f (plural mãos)

1. hand
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 52:

     Apontara com a mão machucada.

     He had pointed it using his wounded hand.