égua
See also: egua
Kabuverdianu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese égua.
Noun
[edit]égua
References
[edit]- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese égua, egua, egoa, from Latin equa. Compare Spanish yegua (“mare”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛɡwɐ
- Hyphenation: é‧gua
Noun
[edit]égua f (plural éguas)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Interjection
[edit]égua
- (Brazil, colloquial, regional) fucking hell, Jesus H. Christ, bloody hell, fuck, shit, crikey (interjection of astonishment and difficulty)
Further reading
[edit]- “égua” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “égua”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “égua”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
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- Portuguese 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛɡwɐ
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