jaça
Portuguese
Etymology
Uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒa.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒa.sa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʒa.sɐ/
- Hyphenation: ja‧ça
Noun
jaça f (plural jaças)
- heterogeneous body, flaw or blemish inside a precious stone
- flaw, imperfection, blemish
- (informal) dungeon
- (informal) bed
Further reading
- “jaça”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026