mordaça

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mordacia, from Latin mordāx, mordācia (“biting”). Compare Spanish mordaza and Italian mordacchia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈda.sɐ/ [moɦˈda.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈda.sɐ/ [moɦˈda.sɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /moɾˈda.sɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʁˈda.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moɻˈda.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾˈda.sɐ/ [muɾˈða.sɐ]

• Rhymes: -asɐ
• Hyphenation: mor‧da‧ça

Noun

mordaça f (plural mordaças)

1. gag (object placed in someone’s mouth to prevent them from speaking and biting)

Derived terms

• amordaçar

Related terms

• mordaz
• morder