Polyglot Dictionary

mais-valia

/ˌmajzvaˈliɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as mais-valias

Meaning

  1. capital gain

    Built from mais (more) + valia (worth).

    • Obteve uma mais-valia.

      He made a capital gain.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • mais more
  • valia worth

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

plusvalía

plusvalía is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "capital gain."

Practice

1 What does mais-valia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Obteve uma mais-___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mais-valia?

nouncompound

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