açoite

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: a‧çoi‧te

Etymology 1

From earlier açoute. Borrowed from Arabic السَّوْط (as-sawṭ, “the whip”). Compare Galician azoute, Spanish azote, Sicilian zotta and Maltese sawt.

Noun

açoite m (plural açoites)

  1. whip, crop, scourge, lash
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

açoite

  1. inflection of açoitar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ “açoite” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “açoite” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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