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selva.

jungle

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɛw.vɐ/Brazil[ˈsɛʊ̯.vɐ]Brazil/ˈsɛl.vɐ/Portugal[ˈsɛɫ.vɐ]Portugal

  1. jungle

    feminine
    O leão é o rei da selva.

  2. woods, forest

    feminine

  3. mass, multitude, forest

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin silva, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). Compare the doublet silva.

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