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sebo.

sebum (oily substance produced by glands of the skin)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈse.bu/Brazil/ˈse.bu/Portugal[ˈse.βu]Portugal/ˈse.bu/Portugal, Southern
  1. sebum (oily substance produced by glands of the skin)

    masculine
  2. tallow (hard animal fat)

    masculine
  3. grease; gunk; grime (sticky substance on the surface of things)

    broadly · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese sevo, from Latin sēbum (“tallow; suet”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”).

noun/ˈse.bu/Brazil/ˈse.bu/Portugal[ˈse.βu]Portugal/ˈse.bu/Portugal, Southern
  1. a store where used media (especially books, but also CDs, vinyl records, magazines and such) are sold

    Brazil · masculine
Where this word comes from

Unknown origin, Brazil mid 20th c. Possibly a derivation of the sense of tallow or grime, referring to the use of tallow candles in such stores or to the grime that covers old books, thus having a similar semantic development as sebenta (“textbook”).

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