cabisbaixo

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Portuguese

FWOTD – 7 March 2013

Etymology

Possibly from cabeça (“head”) +‎ baixo (“low”) (compare Spanish cabizbajo).

Pronunciation

  • (European) IPA(key): /ka.biʒ.ˈbaj.ʃu/
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Adjective

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  1. having one’s head turned down due to sadness
    • 2005, Renzo Baschera, Explicando o Santo Sudário, Ediouro, page 51:
      […] O mendigo continuou a caminhar cabisbaixo e murmurando alguma coisa, como orações”.
      […] The beggar kept walking with his head down and murmuring something, like prayers”.
  2. crestfallen (sad because of a recent disappointment)
    • 2010, Francisco Moita Flores, A Fúria das Vinhas, Leya, page 111:
      O médico regressou. Encontrou um Vespúcio cabisbaixo e vencido.
      The physician returned. He found a crestfallen and defeated Vespúcio.

Synonyms

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