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Meaning of macero | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[ˈmaː.kɛ.roː]

Definitions

  1. to soften, make tender by soaking or steeping
    conjugation-1
  2. to weaken, waste away
    conjugation-1
  3. to vex, torment, distress
    conjugation-1, figuratively
  4. to mortify (discipline, chastise, or subject to severe privation for the atonement of sins)
    Medieval-Latin, conjugation-1
  5. to torture
    Medieval-Latin, conjugation-1

Equivalents

Български потушавам
Bosanski matar
Čeština ponížit potupit zahanbit zostudit
English Macerate mortify Torment torture
Esperanto maceri
Suomi kuolettaa
Français macératé macérer mortifier tuer
Galego macerar
Hrvatski matar
Italiano macerare macerate
Nederlands onderdrukken weken
Polski macerować
Português macerar
Српски matar
Svenska spaka

Examples

“namque nūllum peiius / mācerat hūmānum”

For nought vexes man worse than the raging sea.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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