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lixo.

garbage; waste; rubbish (useless material to be discarded)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈli.ʃu/Brazil/ˈli.ʃu/Portugal
  1. garbage; waste; rubbish (useless material to be discarded)

    masculine
  2. rubbish bin, trash can (small container for waste)

    masculine
    Fiquei muito chocada na França quando não tinha lixo no banheiro.
  3. crap (something of poor quality)

    colloquial · masculine
  4. rabble (mass of common people)

    derogatory · figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese lixo, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Latin lixa (“ashes, lye”). Cognate with Galician lixo.

verb/ˈli.ʃu/Brazil/ˈli.ʃu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of lixar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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