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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From earlier açoute. Borrowed from Arabic السَّوْط (as-sawṭ, “the whip”).[1][2] Compare Galician azoute, Spanish azote, Sicilian zotta and Maltese sawt.
Noun
açoite m (plural açoites)
- whip, crop, scourge, lash
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
açoite
- inflection of açoitar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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