azorrague
Portuguese
Etymology
From Arabic سريقة (surriyaqah). Cognate with Spanish zurriaga and Spanish zurriago.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.zoˈʁa.ɡi/ [a.zoˈha.ɡi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.zoˈʁa.ɡi/ [a.zoˈχa.ɡi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.zoˈʁa.ɡe/ [a.zoˈha.ɡe]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.zuˈʁa.ɡɨ/ [ɐ.zuˈʁa.ɣɨ]
- Hyphenation: a‧zor‧ra‧que
Noun
azorrague m (plural azorragues)
- scourge (a whip or lash used to inflict severe corporal punishment or self-mortification).
References
- ^ “azorrague”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
Further reading
- “azorrague”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “azorrague”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026