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aura.

aura (an invisible force surrounding a living creature)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈaw.ɾɐ/Brazil[ˈaʊ̯.ɾɐ]Brazil/ˈaw.ɾɐ/Portugal
  1. aura (an invisible force surrounding a living creature)

    feminine
  2. aura (charisma or suave excellence of a person)

    Internet · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsr̥h₂ Proto-Hellenic *auhrā Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra)bor. Latin auralbor. ▲ English aurasl. Portuguese aura Learned borrowing from Latin aura, from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”). Doublet of oura, which was inherited. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English aura.

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