azáfama

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Portuguese

FWOTD – 20 November 2016

Etymology

From Arabic الزَحْمَة (az-zaḥma, “pressing, thronging”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧zá‧fa‧ma

Noun

azáfama f (plural azáfamas)

  1. bustle; flurry (excited or sudden activity)
    Synonym: correria
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  2. hurry; haste
    Synonym: pressa
  3. (figuratively) mess, confusion
    Synonyms: balbúrdia, confusão

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Corriente, F. Dictionary of Arabic and allied loanwords : Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and kindred dialects. Brill Academic Publishers. Boston/Leiden. 2008. p. 215
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