peçonha
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See also: peconha
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese peçonna, poçonna, poçõya, from Vulgar Latin *potionea, from Latin pōtiō (“drink”). Cognate of Spanish ponzoña, Galician pezoña and French poison. Doublet of poção.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]peçonha f (plural peçonhas)
- (biology) venom (animal toxin delivered by a bite or sting)
- (loosely) poison or toxin of any kind
- (figuratively) venom; malice; malevolence; vitriol
- Synonyms: malícia, malevolência, perversidade
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “peçonha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “peçonha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “peçonha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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