navalha
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese navalla, inherited from Vulgar Latin *navac(u)la, from Latin novācula (“a sharp knife, dagger, razor”). Doublet of novácula. Cognate with Catalan navalla, Galician navalla, Mirandese nabalha and Spanish navaja.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: na‧va‧lha
Noun
navalha f (plural navalhas)
- straight razor
- 2013, António Lobo Antunes, Somos unha com carne, não somos?, Leya →ISBN
- Colabora com uns rapazes russos, deve em quando pede dinheiro às pessoas com uma navalha persuasiva, cheia de argumentos: parece que a navalha torna as pessoas generosas, sensíveis às razões do meu afilhado. Na mão e no braço ...
- 2013, António Lobo Antunes, Somos unha com carne, não somos?, Leya →ISBN
- (idiomatic) One who cannot drive cars well.
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