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English
Noun
tabanca (uncountable)
- (Caribbean) melancholy, or a painful feeling of unrequited love
Portuguese
Etymology
From Guinea-Bissau Creole tabanka.
Pronunciation
Noun
tabanca f (plural tabancas)
- (Guiné-Bissau) village
- Agência Lusa (2021 December 14) “Portugal e Guiné-Bissau afinam estratégias de cooperação militar no âmbito do Atlântico Norte”, in Observador: “O responsável guineense disse ser inaceitável que se retire uma pessoa da sua “tabanca” (aldeia), sem qualquer preparação ou formação, dando-lhe uma arma e ainda permitindo-lhe que faça a sua própria farda militar.”
- Synonyms: aldeia, povoação
References
Turkish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish طبانجه (tabanca), equivalent to taban + -ca.
Pronunciation
Noun
tabanca (definite accusative tabancayı, plural tabancalar)
- pistol, revolver (handgun)
- gun (gun-shaped tool for dispensing a substance: caulk gun, silicone gun, spray gun, ...)
Declension
Descendants