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Galician
Noun
peçonha f (plural peçonhas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of pezoña
Further reading
- “peçonha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese peçonna, poçonna, poçõya, from Vulgar Latin *potionea, from Latin pōtiō (“drink”). Cognate of Spanish ponzoña, Galician pezoña and French poison. Doublet of poção.
Pronunciation
Noun
peçonha f (plural peçonhas)
- (biology) venom (animal toxin delivered by a bite or sting)
- (loosely) poison or toxin of any kind
- Synonyms: veneno, toxina
- (figuratively) venom; malice; malevolence; vitriol
- Synonyms: malícia, malevolência, perversidade
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