caruma
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- carumba
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈɾũ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈɾu.ma/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈɾu.mɐ/
- Hyphenation: ca‧ru‧ma
Noun
caruma f (plural carumas)
- pine needle (leaf of a pine tree)
- (Minho) spark
Further reading
- “caruma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “caruma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026