enxaqueca

Portuguese

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الشَقِيقَة‎ (aš-šaqīqa). Compare Galician and Old Spanish xaqueca, Spanish jaqueca.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: en‧xa‧que‧ca

Noun

enxaqueca f (plural enxaquecas)

  1. (medicine) migraine (kind of headache, usually affecting only one side of the head)

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