viúva
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese viuva, from Vulgar Latin *viduva, from Classical Latin vidua (“widow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Displaced Old Portuguese collateral form viuda, from the same Classical Latin word.
Pronunciation
Noun
viúva f (plural viúvas)
- widow (a woman whose husband has died)
- fawn-breasted tanager (Pipraeidea melanonota, a passerine bird)
- white-headed marsh tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala, a passerine bird)
- parona leatherjacked (Parona signata, a fish)
- Amazon lily (Victoria amazonica, a water lily)
Synonyms
- (fawn-breasted tanager): saíra-viúva
- (white-headed marsh tyrant): boibeira, lavadeira, lavandeira, viuvinha
- (Amazon lily): flor-de-viúva, vitória-régia
Derived terms
- flor-de-viúva
- saíra-viúva
- viuva alegre
- viuva branca
- viúva-em-fogo
- viuva-negra
- viuvinha
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