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Portuguese
Noun
mazmorra f (plural mazmorras)
- Obsolete spelling of masmorra.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَطْمُورَة (maṭmūra, “granary, cellar”), from the root ط م ر (ṭ-m-r).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /maθˈmora/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /masˈmora/
- Rhymes: -ora
- Syllabification: maz‧mo‧rra
Noun
mazmorra f (plural mazmorras)
- dungeon
- Synonym: calabozo
2023 February 10, Iker Seisdedos, “Relatos de la peor mazmorra de Nicaragua: “Nos engrillaban para dormir o cuando nos llevaban al ‘túnel’. Allí te esperaban los golpes””, in El País:El Infiernillo carga la fama de ser la peor mazmorra de Managua. Allí, en esa cárcel de máxima seguridad, Solís, estudiante de Derecho, pasó tres años en régimen de aislamiento, en un “camarote sin luz solar, con la puerta siempre sellada”.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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