mucama

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Kimbundu mukama (“slave, concubine”).

Noun

mucama f (plural mucamas)

  1. (Brazil) housemaid; servant
    • 1881, Machado de Assis, O Alienista‎, VI, page 46:
      —Está, sinhá, respondia a mucama de cócoras no chão, está boa. Sinhá vira um bocadinho. Assim. Está muito boa.
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  2. (Brazil, historical) domestic slave

Synonyms
  • (servant): criado
  • (slave): macuma

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese mucama, from Kimbundu mukama (“slave, concubine”).

Noun

mucama f (plural mucamas)

  1. maid
  2. chambermaid
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