mucama

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Kimbundu mukama (slave, concubine).

Noun

mucama f (plural mucamas)

  1. (Brazil) housemaid; servant
    • 1881, Machado de Assis, O Alienista[1], section VI, page 46:
      —Está, sinhá, respondia a mucama de cócoras no chão, está boa. Sinhá vira um bocadinho. Assim. Está muito boa.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (Brazil, historical) domestic slave

Synonyms


Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese mucama, from Kimbundu mukama (slave, concubine).

Noun

mucama f (plural mucamas)

  1. maid
  2. chambermaid