"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, metathesized from *calabaça, possibly from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *calapaccia, ultimately of Paleo-Hispanic origin. 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, {{der|pt|la-vul|*calapaccia}} Vulgar Latin *calapaccia, {{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: 61 19 20
  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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cabaço

Inflected forms

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    [
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    ],
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    ],
    [
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    ],
    [
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    ],
    [
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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    },
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      "expansion": "Spanish calabaza",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "ca",
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      },
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      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/kɐˈba.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɐˈβa.sɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈba.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-asɐ"
    }
  ],
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    "Portuguese feminine nouns",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese nouns",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from a Paleo-Hispanic substrate",
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    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/asɐ",
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      "calabaza",
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        "g": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
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        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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      },
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        "1": "gl",
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      "expansion": "Galician cabaza",
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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "calabaza"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish calabaza",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "carabassa"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan carabassa",
      "name": "cog"
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  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cabaças",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "ca",
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        "ça"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "gourd (cultivated plant, used as vegetable or container)"
      ],
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        [
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          "gourd"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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          "calabash",
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bong (for smoking marijuana)"
      ],
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        [
          "bong",
          "bong"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈba.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈba.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɐˈβa.sɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈba.sɐ/",
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        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-asɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cabaça"
}

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