quitanda

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiˈtɐ̃.dɐ/

  • Hyphenation: qui‧tan‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kimbundu quitanda.

Noun

quitanda f (plural quitandas)

  1. (Angola, Brazil) a small shop selling certain items such as vegetables, fruit, eggs and coal
  2. (Brazil) a board used by owners of these shops to carry commodities
  3. a home business selling
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Verb

quitanda

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