masaje

/maˈsaxe/ · B1 · noun · m

massage

💆 Like massage, but -age becomes -aje: ma-SA-heh

It comes from French massage, possibly from Arabic massa, to touch. Spanish often turns French -age into -aje, as in viaje and garaje. The j sounds like a raspy h, so you say ma-SA-heh.

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