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desmaiar.

to faint (to lose consciousness)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/dez.majˈa(ʁ)/Brazil[dez.maɪ̯ˈa(h)]Brazil/d͡ʒiz.majˈa(ʁ)/Brazil[d͡ʒiz.maɪ̯ˈa(h)]Brazil
  1. to faint (to lose consciousness)

    intransitive
  2. to dishearten

    figuratively · intransitive
  3. to fall asleep suddenly, usually by excessive tiredness

    figuratively · intransitive
  4. to cause a person to faint, often by drugging them and with criminal intentions

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Alteration of esmaiar, from Old French esmaier, from Vulgar Latin *exmagāre (“lose the strength”), from Frankish *magan (“to have strength”). Compare Galician desmaiar, Spanish desmayar and Spanish esmayar

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