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lavar.

to wash

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/laˈva(ʁ)/Brazil[laˈva(h)]Brazil/laˈva(ɾ)/São-Paulo/laˈva(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to wash

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lavar, from Latin lavāre (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Compare Galician and Spanish lavar, French laver, and Italian lavare.

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