cortiço

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cortiço

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De cortiça.

noun

colmeia feita num cilindro de cortiça, ou casca de árvore
grande casa onde moram diversas famílias pobres Solteiro, mora em dois cômodos de um cortiço com Peta, sua cadela vira-lata, que dorme no sofá e o acompanha nas andanças.

In English

beehive man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
tenement a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down o

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"cortiço." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pt/corti%C3%A7o. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"cortiço." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pt/corti%C3%A7o.

BibTeX

@misc{cortic_o_2026,
  title = {cortiço},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pt/corti%C3%A7o},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}