chuinga

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English chewing gum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃwĩ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃwĩ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃwĩ.ɡa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃwĩ.ɡɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃwĩ.ɡɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃwĩ.ɡɐ/

• Rhymes: -ĩɡɐ
• Hyphenation: chu‧in‧ga

Noun

chuinga m or f (plural chuingas)

1. (Angola, Mozambique) chewing gum

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pastilha elástica

Further reading

• “chuinga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “chuinga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025