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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الزَحْمَة (az-zaḥma, “pressing, thronging”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
azáfama f (plural azáfamas)
- bustle; flurry (excited or sudden activity)
- Synonym: correria
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- hurry; haste
- Synonym: pressa
- (figuratively) mess, confusion
- Synonyms: balbúrdia, confusão
Derived terms
References
- ^ “azáfama”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “azáfama”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- ^ 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