masivo

/maˈsibo/ · B1 · adj

massive

🐘 masivo = masa (mass) + -ivo: full of mass, so massive

From Latin massa, a lump or heap of dough. Spanish keeps the root in masa (dough, mass), and the -ivo ending works like English -ive. The b sound for v helps too: ma-SI-bo.

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