raxa

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ʃɐ/ [ˈha.ʃɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ʃɐ/ [ˈha.ʃɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ʃɐ/ [ˈχa.ʃɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ʃa/ [ˈha.ʃa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ʃɐ/

• Rhymes: -aʃɐ
• Homophone: racha
• Hyphenation: ra‧xa

Noun

raxa f (plural raxas)

1. (archaic) coarse cotton cloth

Derived terms

• raxeta

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: ラシャ (rasha, “felt”)

Further reading

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