cávia

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See also: cavia, Cavia, and çavia

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin cavia. Doublet of cobaia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.vi.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈka.vjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.vi.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈka.vja/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.vjɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bjɐ/

Hyphenation: cá‧vi‧a

Noun

cávia f (plural cávias)

Synonym of porquinho-da-índia

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