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achaque.

frequent but minor malaise

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/aˈʃa.ki/Brazil/ɐˈʃa.kɨ/Portugal/ɐtˈʃa.kɨ/Northern, Portugal
  1. frequent but minor malaise

    masculine
  2. a moral or behavioural flaw; a vice

    masculine
  3. an excuse for doing something; a pretext

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Uncertain origin, most probably from Arabic, either from شَكَّ (šakka, “to doubt”) or شَكَا (šakā, “to complain”). Cognate with Spanish achaque, Galician achaque and Catalan xacra.

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