azáfama

Portuguese
FWOTD – 20 November 2016

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الزَحْمَة‎ (az-zaḥma, “pressing, thronging”).[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈza.fa.mɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈza.fa.ma/

  • Hyphenation: a‧zá‧fa‧ma

Noun

azáfama f (plural azáfamas)

  1. bustle; flurry (excited or sudden activity)
    Synonym: correria
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  2. hurry; haste
    Synonym: pressa
  3. (figuratively) mess, confusion
    Synonyms: balbúrdia, confusão

Derived terms
  • azafamar

References
  1. Corriente, Federico (2008), “azáfama”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 215
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