mucama
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Kimbundu mukama (“slave, concubine”).
Noun
mucama f (plural mucamas)
- (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)
- (Brazil, historical) domestic slave
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese mucama, from Kimbundu mukama (“slave, concubine”).
Noun
mucama f (plural mucamas)
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