mexe-mexe
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌmɛ.ʃiˈmɛ.ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌmɛ.ʃeˈmɛ.ʃe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌmɛ.ʃɨˈmɛ.ʃɨ/
Noun
mexe-mexe f (plural mexe-mexes)
- (Mozambique, pathology, informal) conjunctivitis (inflammation of the eye’s conjuntiva)
- Synonym: conjuntivite
Further reading
- “mexe-mexe”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “mexe-mexe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026