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marco

/ˈmaɾko/

noun, masculine/ˈmaɾko/plural: marcos

frame; framework

Synonyms: armazón, entramado

Borrowed from Medieval Latin marcus, from Frankish *marku (“boundary, border”), from Proto-Germanic *markō.

noun, masculine/ˈmaɾko/plural: marcos

marco, Spanish mark (a traditional unit of weight, equivalent to about 230 g); mark (other similar half-pound weights in other measurement systems); mark (a former German currency); markka (a former Finnish currency)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin marcus, from Frankish *mark (“mark, sign”), from Proto-Germanic *marką. As a German currency, a calque of German Mark. As a Finnish currency, a calque of Finnish markka, via Old Swedish mark. Cognate with English mark, Catalan marc, and Galician and Portuguese marco.