enxaqueca

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الشَقِيقَة (aš-šaqīqa). Compare Galician and Old Spanish xaqueca, Spanish jaqueca.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃaˈkɛ.kɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃaˈkɛ.kɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃaˈkɛ.ka/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃaˈkɛ.ka/

  • Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
  • Hyphenation: en‧xa‧que‧ca

Noun

enxaqueca f (plural enxaquecas)

  1. (medicine) migraine (kind of headache, usually affecting only one side of the head)
    Synonyms: hemialgia, hemicrania

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