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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin calumnia (“slander”). Doublet of coima.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈlũ.ni.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /kaˈlũ.njɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈlũ.ni.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /kaˈlũ.njɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈlu.ni.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /kaˈlu.nja/
Noun
calúnia f (plural calúnias)
- slander, calumny (false, malicious statement)
- Synonyms: injúria, aleive, aleivosia