choldra
Portuguese
editEtymology
editControversial.[1][2] Possibly borrowed from Old Italian geldra (“crowd”), from Frankish *gilda (“meeting”).[3]
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: chol‧dra
Noun
editcholdra f (plural choldras)
- (derogatory, collective) herd (a mass of people)
- (slang) prison
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ “choldra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- ^ “choldra”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- ^ “choldra”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
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