testemunha

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũɲɐ, (Portugal) -uɲɐ
  • Hyphenation: tes‧te‧mu‧nha

Etymology 1

Deverbal from testemunhar.

Noun

testemunha f (plural testemunhas)

  1. witness (one who sees or has personal knowledge of something)
    Ele era a única testemunha do acidente.
    He was the only witness of the accident.
  2. (law) witness (someone called to give evidence in a court)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Kabuverdianu: tistimunha

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

testemunha

  1. inflection of testemunhar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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