mucama

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Kimbundu mukama (“slave, concubine”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /muˈkɐ̃.mɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /muˈkɐ.ma/
 

  • Rhymes: -ɐmɐ
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ca‧ma

Noun

mucama f (plural mucamas)

  1. (Brazil, obsolete) housemaid; servant
    Synonym: criado
    • 1881, Machado de Assis, O Alienista‎[1], section VI, page 46:
      —Está, sinhá, respondia a mucama de cócoras no chão, está boa. Sinhá vira um bocadinho. Assim. Está muito boa.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (Brazil, historical) domestic slave
    Synonym: macuma

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese mucama, from Kimbundu mukama (“slave, concubine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muˈkama/ [muˈka.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: mu‧ca‧ma

Noun

mucama f (plural mucamas)

  1. maid
  2. chambermaid
    • a. 1964, Felisberto Hernández, El pájaro asustado:
      Al llegar a mi hotel hice llamar a la mucama y le pedí que me trajera mis zapatillas.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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