carniça
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *carnītia, from Latin carō (“meat”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaʁˈni.sɐ/ [kaɦˈni.sɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kaɾˈni.sɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaʁˈni.sɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /kaɻˈni.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaʁˈni.sa/ [kaɦˈni.sa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐɾˈni.sɐ/
- Hyphenation: car‧ni‧ça
Noun
carniça f (plural carniças)
- carrion
- 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Fuga [Escape]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives][1], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 194:
- Se ellas tivessem paciencia, comeriam tranquillamente a carniça.
- If they had patience, they would easily eat the carrion.
- (games) leapfrog (children's game)
- Synonym: eixo-badeixo
Further reading
- “carniça”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “carniça”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026