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navalha

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navalha

  • /na.ˈva.ʎə/ IPA, Carioca
  • /na."va.L@/ X SAMPA, Carioca
  • /nɐ.ˈva.ʎɐ/ Portugal

Where it comes from

Do latim novacula⁽ˡᵃ⁾.

noun

  1. faca com cabo que também serve para guardar a lâmina
  2. figuratively língua maldizente
  3. figuratively frio muito intenso
  4. Brazil, Gíria motorista incompetente (nota: masculino nesta acepção)

verb

  1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo navalhar
  2. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo do verbo navalhar

In English

  • razor shaving knife
  • razor clam a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor

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MLA

"navalha." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pt/navalha. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

navalha. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pt/navalha

Chicago

"navalha." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pt/navalha.

BibTeX
@misc{navalha_2026,
  title = {navalha},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pt/navalha},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}