Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mucamba

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

Related terms

• mucamo