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migalha.

crumb (small piece of bread, biscuit, cake, etc)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/miˈɡa.ʎɐ/Brazil/miˈɡa.ʎɐ/Portugal[miˈɣa.ʎɐ]Portugal/miˈɡa.ʎɐ/Portugal, Southern
  1. crumb (small piece of bread, biscuit, cake, etc)

    feminine
  2. very small quantity of objects

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *migalla, from Vulgar Latin *mīcacula, diminutive from Latin mīca (“crumb”). Synchronically miga + -alha.

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