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viúva.

widow (a woman whose husband has died)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/viˈu.vɐ/Brazil/ˈvju.vɐ/Brazil/ˈvju.vɐ/Portugal/ˈbju.bɐ/Northern, Portugal
  1. widow (a woman whose husband has died)

    feminine
  2. white-headed marsh tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala), a passerine bird

    feminine
  3. fawn-breasted tanager (Pipraeidea melanonota), a passerine bird

    feminine
  4. parona leatherjacket (Parona signata), a fish

    feminine
  5. Amazon lily (Victoria amazonica), a water lily

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese viuva, from Vulgar Latin *viduva, from Classical Latin vidua (“widow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Displaced Old Portuguese collateral form viuda, from the same Classical Latin word.

verb/viˈu.vɐ/Brazil/ˈvju.vɐ/Brazil/ˈvju.vɐ/Portugal/ˈbju.bɐ/Northern, Portugal
  1. inflection of viuvar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of viuvar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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