sovaco

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

• sobaco
• suvaco (pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sobaco, of unknown origin. Compare Galician and Spanish sobaco.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈva.ku/, /soˈva.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈva.ku/, /soˈva.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈva.ko/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈva.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈva.ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈba.ku/ [suˈβa.ku]

• Rhymes: -aku
• Hyphenation: so‧va‧co

Noun

sovaco m (plural sovacos)

1. armpit

   Synonym: axila

Further reading

• “sovaco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “sovaco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “sovaco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “sovaco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN