caxumba

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown, but possibly of African origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃũ.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃũ.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃũ.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃũ.bɐ/

• Rhymes: -ũbɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧xum‧ba

Noun

caxumba f (plural caxumbas)

1. (Brazil, medicine, informal) mumps (contagious disease caused by a virus that affects the salivary glands)

   Synonyms: papeira, parotidite, trasorelho

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Kaschumbe

Further reading

• “caxumba”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “caxumba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024