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jugo.

yoke

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʒu.ɡu/Brazil/ˈʒu.ɡu/Portugal[ˈʒu.ɣu]Portugal/ˈʒu.ɡu/Portugal, Southern
  1. yoke

    masculine
  2. something which represses or restrains someone

    figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese jugo, from Latin jugum, iugum, from Proto-Italic *jugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. The preservation of the -u- was likely due to metaphony.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.