cacimba

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈsĩ.bɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈsĩ.ba/

  • Hyphenation: ca‧cim‧ba

Etymology 1

From Kimbundu quixima (“water well”).[1]

Noun

cacimba f (plural cacimbas)

  1. (Angola, Brazil) well (hole dug to obtain water)
    Synonym: poço
  2. (Angola, Portugal) drizzle
    Synonyms: morrinha, chuva molha-tolos
  3. (Angola, Portugal) fog
    Synonyms: nevoeiro, névoa, neblina

Etymology 2

Verb

cacimba

  1. inflection of cacimbar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ “cacimba”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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