sovaco

Portuguese

Alternative forms

sobaco

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Rhymes: -aku
Hyphenation: so‧va‧co

Noun

sovaco m (plural sovacos)

(anatomy) armpit
Synonym: axila

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