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mucama

mucama

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

mucama f (plural mucamas)

  1. (Brazil) housemaid; servant
    • 1881, Machado de Assis, O Alienista, VI, page 46:
      —Está, sinhá, respondia a mucama de cócoras no chão, está boa. Sinhá vira um bocadinho. Assim. Está muito boa.
  2. (Brazil, historical) domestic slave

Synonyms

  • (servant): criado
  • (slave): macuma

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Portuguese mucama, from Kimbundu mukama (slave, concubine).

Noun

mucama f (plural mucamas)

  1. maid
  2. chambermaid

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