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