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fungar.

to snivel (to breathe heavily)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/fũˈɡa(ʁ)/Brazil[fũˈɡa(h)]Brazil/fũˈɡa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/fũˈɡa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to snivel (to breathe heavily)

    intransitive
    Você estava a fungar de raiva.
  2. to sigh (to express frustration by exhaling audibly)

    intransitive
  3. to smell; to sniff (to detect a scent)

    colloquial · transitive
  4. to whimper (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Possibly onomatopoeic.

verb/fũˈɡa(ʁ)/Brazil[fũˈɡa(h)]Brazil/fũˈɡa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/fũˈɡa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to become fungused

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin *sfungus Latin fungusbor. Portuguese fungo Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old Galician-Portuguese -ar Portuguese -ar Portuguese fungar From fungo (“fungus”) + -ar.

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