alvíssaras

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Etymology

From alvíssara, from Old Galician-Portuguese alvyssara, from Andalusian Arabic البِشَرَة (al-bišara), from Arabic بُشْرَى (bušrā).

Cognate with Galician albízaras, Spanish albricias and Mozarabic albixara.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈvi.sa.ɾɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈvi.sa.ɾɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈvi.sa.ɾas/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈvi.sɐ.ɾɐʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈbi.sɐ.ɾɐʃ/

Hyphenation: al‧vís‧sa‧ras

Noun

alvíssaras f pl (plural only)

reward given to someone bringing good news or something that was lost

Interjection

alvíssaras!

glad tidings

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