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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin suggluttium (attested in glosses), ultimately from Latin singultus, influenced by gluttiō. Compare Spanish sollozo, Romanian sughiț; compare also French sanglot, Italian singhiozzo, from *singlutium.
Noun
soluço m (plural soluços)
- sob
1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:[…] agora só se ouvia algum soluço de aflição, o barulho inconfundível de alguém que acaba de tropeçar.- now only a sob distress could be heard, and the unmistakable noise of someone who had just stumbled.
- hiccup
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
soluço
- first-person singular present indicative of soluçar