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

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.ˈu.va/, /vi.ˈu.vɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈvju.vɐ/
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ú‧va

Noun

viúva f (plural viúvas)

  1. widow (a woman whose husband has died)
  2. fawn-breasted tanager (Pipraeidea melanonota, a passerine bird)
  3. white-headed marsh tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala, a passerine bird)
  4. parona leatherjacked (Parona signata, a fish)
  5. Amazon lily (Victoria amazonica, a water lily)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • flor-de-viúva
  • saíra-viúva
  • viuva alegre
  • viuva branca
  • viúva-em-fogo
  • viuva-negra
  • viuvinha

Verb

viúva

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of viuvar
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of viuvar
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