mordaça
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mordacia, from Latin mordāx, mordācia (“biting”).[1] Compare Spanish mordaza and Italian mordacchia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /moʁˈda.sɐ/ [moɦˈda.sɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /moɾˈda.sɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /moʁˈda.sɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /moɻˈda.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /moʁˈda.sa/ [moɦˈda.sa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /muɾˈda.sɐ/ [muɾˈða.sɐ]
- Rhymes: -asɐ
- Hyphenation: mor‧da‧ça
Noun
mordaça f (plural mordaças)
- gag (object placed in someone’s mouth to prevent them from speaking and biting)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ^ “mordaça”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Further reading
- “mordaça”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026