haxixe

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hay, dried herb”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʃi.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʃi.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʃi.ʃe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aˈʃi.ʃɨ/

• Hyphenation: ha‧xi‧xe

Noun

haxixe m (plural haxixes)

1. hashish (dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant used as a narcotic)

Further reading

• “haxixe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024