soluço

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Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: so‧lu‧ço

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)

  1. 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.
  2. hiccup

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

soluço

  1. first-person singular present indicative of soluçar