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Definition
2024
refém
refém
Portuguese
Noun
refém
m
(
plural
reféns
)
hostage
Etymology
From
Arabic
رَهِين
(
rahīn
)
. Cognate with Galician
refén
and Spanish
rehén
.
Pronunciation
(
Portugal
)
IPA
(key)
:
/ʁɨ.ˈfɐ̃j̃/
Hyphenation:
re‧fém
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