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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin maiusculus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʝuskulo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈʃuskulo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʒuskulo/
- Rhymes: -uskulo
- Syllabification: ma‧yús‧cu‧lo
Adjective
mayúsculo (feminine mayúscula, masculine plural mayúsculos, feminine plural mayúsculas)
- upper case, uppercase
- Antonym: minúsculo
- (colloquial) big, tremendous
- Synonym: grandísimo
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