açoite

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From açoute, from Arabic السَّوْط‎ (as-sawṭ, “the whip”).

Cognate with Galician azoute, Spanish azote, Sicilian zotta and Maltese sawt.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˈsoj.tɨ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈsoj.t͡ʃi/
  • Hyphenation: a‧çoi‧te

Noun

açoite m (plural açoites)

  1. whip, crop, scourge, lash

Derived terms
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