Meaning

1 senses
  1. (historical)A traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 230 g and particularly used for trade in gold and silver.

Origin

From Portuguese and Spanish marco, from Medieval Latin marcus, of Germanic origin, from Fr

From Portuguese and Spanish marco, from Medieval Latin marcus, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign”). Compare Middle High German marc (“half-pound”), which likely influenced the Romance development. See also Old English marc, Old Norse mǫrk.

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Forms

plural: marcos
Singularmarco
Pluralmarcos

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Spanish unit:markA2half-poundSpanish mark
Portuguese unit:Portuguese mark

See also

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