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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese sobaco, of obscure origin. Compare Galician and Spanish sobaco.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aku
- Hyphenation: so‧va‧co
Noun
sovaco m (plural sovacos)
- armpit
- Synonym: axila
Further reading
- “sovaco”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “sovaco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “sovaco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “sovaco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025