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mendigar.

ask for alms

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(ʁ)/Brazil[mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(h)]Brazil/mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. ask for alms

    intransitive · transitive
  2. request with instance; beseech; plead

    transitive
  3. be a beggar

    intransitive
  4. ask for something even if you don't need it

    derogatory · informal · often
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mendigar, semi-learned borrowing from Latin mendicāre.

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