enxaqueca

Portuguese

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الشَقِيقَة (aš-šaqīqa). Compare Galician and Old Spanish xaqueca, Spanish jaqueca.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃaˈkɛ.kɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃaˈkɛ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃaˈkɛ.kɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃaˈkɛ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃaˈkɛ.ka/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃaˈkɛ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʃɐˈkɛ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: en‧xa‧que‧ca

Noun

enxaqueca f (plural enxaquecas)

1. (medicine) migraine (kind of headache, usually affecting only one side of the head)

   Synonyms: hemialgia, hemicrania

Further reading

• enxaqueca on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt