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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ĩɡwɐ
- Hyphenation: mín‧gua
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mingua, from minguar. Compare Galician mingua and Spanish mengua.
Noun
míngua f (plural mínguas)
- decrease
- lack
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
míngua
- inflection of minguar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative