viúva

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.

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

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)

• (fawn-breasted tanager): saíra-viúva
• (white-headed marsh tyrant): boibeira, lavadeira, lavandeira, viuvinha
• (Amazon lily): flor-de-viúva, vitória-régia

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