caxumba
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[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ũbɐ
- Hyphenation: ca‧xum‧ba
Noun
[edit]caxumba f (plural caxumbas)
- (Brazil, medicine, informal) mumps (contagious disease caused by a virus that affects the salivary glands)
- Synonyms: papeira, parotidite, trasorelho
Descendants
[edit]- → Hunsrik: Kaschumbe
Further reading
[edit]- “caxumba” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “caxumba” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.