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tabu.

taboo (cultural inhibition or ban)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/taˈbu/Brazil/taˈbu/Portugal[taˈβu]Portugal/taˈbu/Portugal, Southern

  1. taboo (cultural inhibition or ban)

    masculine
    quebrar um tabu
    Em muitos lugares, fazer tatuagens ainda é um tabu.
Where this word comes from

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu.

adj/taˈbu/Brazil/taˈbu/Portugal[taˈβu]Portugal/taˈbu/Portugal, Southern

  1. taboo (culturally forbidden from use, approach or mention)

    invariable
Where this word comes from

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu.

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