ecúleo
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]ecúleo m (plural ecúleos)
- (historical) rack (torture device)
- (figurative) torment, torture
- 1940, Afonso Schmidt, A vida de Paulo Eiró: seguida de uma collectanea inédita de suas poesias organizada[1]:
- Pezares!... Entre o féretro e a existencia, esse ecúleo de dores, que contraste!
- Grief!... Between the bier and existence, that torment of pain, what a contrast!
Further reading
[edit]- “ecúleo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “ecúleo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “ecúleo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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