gaita

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gaita

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Aparentada com o árabe marroquino الغايتة, (alghaita) "palheta", de uma raiz proto-indo-europeia *gada, com descendentes nos idiomas do sul-leste da Europa, macedônico гајда, (gaida), grego γκάιντα, (gkáinta), croata gajde, albanês gajdja.

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Instrumento musical instrumento musical de sopro, com palhetas livres, tocado com a boca
Southern Brazil, Instrumento musical sanfona
Minas Gerais zombaria, troça
Brazil, informal dinheiro
informal qualquer objeto
Portugal, vulgar o pênis

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accordion a small, portable, keyed wind instrument
harmonica wind instrument

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@misc{gaita_2026,
  title = {gaita},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pt/gaita},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}