lava-pés

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lava-pés

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(Morfologia) Derivada de lavar e pés.

noun

  1. cerimônia católica, na quinta-feira santa, em que a liturgia imita o ato de Jesus lavar os pés dos discípulos
  2. Brazil na Amazônia, momento em que os rios, em fins de abril e em maio, produzem repiquetes com o aumento da vazão
  3. Brazil a formiga lava-pé

In English

  • maundy ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors
  • fire ant ant of Solenopsis

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"lava-pés." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pt/lava-p%C3%A9s. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

lava-pés. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pt/lava-p%C3%A9s

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"lava-pés." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pt/lava-p%C3%A9s.

BibTeX
@misc{lava_pe_s_2026,
  title = {lava-pés},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pt/lava-p%C3%A9s},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}