azáfama

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الزَحْمَة (az-zaḥma, pressing, thronging).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: a‧zá‧fa‧ma

Noun

azáfama f (plural azáfamas)

  1. bustle; flurry (excited or sudden activity)
    Synonym: correria
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  2. hurry; haste
    Synonym: pressa
  3. (figuratively) mess, confusion
    Synonyms: balbúrdia, confusão

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ azáfama”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ azáfama”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024
  3. ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “azáfama”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 215