mucama

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Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Kimbundu mukama (slave, concubine).

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

  • Rhymes: -ɐmɐ
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ca‧ma

Noun[edit]

mucama f (plural mucamas)

  1. (Brazil) housemaid; servant
    Synonym: criado
    • 1881, Machado de Assis, O Alienista[1], section VI, page 46:
      —Está, sinhá, respondia a mucama de cócoras no chão, está boa. Sinhá vira um bocadinho. Assim. Está muito boa.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (Brazil, historical) domestic slave
    Synonym: macuma

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese mucama, from Kimbundu mukama (slave, concubine).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /muˈkama/ [muˈka.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: mu‧ca‧ma

Noun[edit]

mucama f (plural mucamas)

  1. maid
  2. chambermaid

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