"cabaça" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /kaˈba.sɐ/ [Brazil], /kɐˈba.sɐ/ [Portugal], [kɐˈβa.sɐ] [Portugal], /kɐˈba.sɐ/ [Portugal, Southern] Forms: cabaças [plural]
Rhymes: -asɐ Etymology: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cabaaça, from earlier *cabalaça, possibly metathised from local latin *calapatia via Paleo-Hispanic. Cognate with Galician cabaza, Spanish calabaza and Catalan carabassa. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|cabaaça|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Galician-Portuguese cabaaça, {{inh+|pt|roa-opt|cabaaça}} Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cabaaça, {{unk|pt|title=possibly}} possibly, {{der|pt|qsb-ibe|-}} Paleo-Hispanic, {{cog|gl|cabaza}} Galician cabaza, {{cog|es|calabaza}} Spanish calabaza, {{cog|ca|carabassa}} Catalan carabassa Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} cabaça f (plural cabaças)
  1. gourd (cultivated plant, used as vegetable or container) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cabaça-pt-noun-MtGb3slP Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Vegetables Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 34 39 26 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 76 12 12
  2. calabash Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cabaça-pt-noun-iSxzP8pE Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 34 39 26
  3. bong (for smoking marijuana) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cabaça-pt-noun-fuI9dJFT Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 34 39 26

Inflected forms

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