alvíssaras
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From alvíssara, from Old Galician-Portuguese alvyssara, from Andalusian Arabic البِشَرَة (al-bišara), from Arabic بُشْرَى (bušrā).
Cognate with Galician albízaras, Spanish albricias and Mozarabic albixara.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: al‧vís‧sa‧ras
Noun
[edit]alvíssaras f pl (plural only)
- reward given to someone bringing good news or something that was lost
Interjection
[edit]alvíssaras!
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- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Andalusian Arabic
- Portuguese terms derived from Arabic
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