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esmola.

alms (small amount of money or goods given to someone as charity)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/izˈmɔ.lɐ/Brazil/ezˈmɔ.lɐ/Brazil/iʒˈmɔ.lɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/eʒˈmɔ.lɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. alms (small amount of money or goods given to someone as charity)

    feminine
  2. almsgiving (the practice of giving alms)

    feminine
  3. a small benefit or help given to someone in need

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese esmolla, esmolna, earlier elmosna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē).

verb/izˈmɔ.lɐ/Brazil/ezˈmɔ.lɐ/Brazil/iʒˈmɔ.lɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/eʒˈmɔ.lɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. inflection of esmolar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of esmolar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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