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alhada.

portion of garlic

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/aˈʎa.dɐ/Brazil/ɐˈʎa.dɐ/Portugal[ɐˈʎa.ðɐ]Portugal/ɐˈʎa.dɐ/Portugal, Southern
  1. portion of garlic

    feminine
  2. garlic stew

    feminine
  3. pinch, mess (difficult situation)

    colloquial · feminine · figuratively
    estar metido numa alhada
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin allium Old Galician-Portuguese alho Portuguese alho Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Old Galician-Portuguese -ada Portuguese -ada Portuguese alhada From alho (“garlic”) + -ada.

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