"faca" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfa.kɐ/ Forms: facas [plural]
Rhymes: -akɐ Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from Latin falx (“sickle”). Cognate with Galician faca. Etymology templates: {{etymon|pt|id=knife}}, {{unk|pt}} Unknown, {{der|pt|la|falx||sickle}} Latin falx (“sickle”), {{cog|gl|faca}} Galician faca Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} faca f (plural facas)
  1. knife Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Cutlery, Tools, Weapons Synonyms: naifa [Portugal, informal, slang] Derived forms: esfaquear, faca de dois gumes, facada, facalhaz, facão, faqueiro, faquinha
    Sense id: en-faca-pt-noun-PU0QHNfq Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "pt"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "faca"
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      "expansion": "Galician faca",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Possibly from Latin falx (“sickle”).\nCognate with Galician faca.",
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      "form": "facas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "hyphenation": [
    "fa‧ca"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [
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            "Cooking",
            "Home appliances",
            "Tools",
            "Food and drink",
            "Home",
            "Machines",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Tools",
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "pt:Weapons",
          "parents": [
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            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "esfaquear"
        },
        {
          "word": "faca de dois gumes"
        },
        {
          "word": "facada"
        },
        {
          "word": "facalhaz"
        },
        {
          "word": "facão"
        },
        {
          "word": "faqueiro"
        },
        {
          "word": "faquinha"
        }
      ],
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            "informal",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "naifa"
        }
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfa.kɐ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-akɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "faca"
}
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    {
      "word": "esfaquear"
    },
    {
      "word": "faca de dois gumes"
    },
    {
      "word": "facada"
    },
    {
      "word": "facalhaz"
    },
    {
      "word": "facão"
    },
    {
      "word": "faqueiro"
    },
    {
      "word": "faquinha"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "id": "knife"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "falx",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sickle"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin falx (“sickle”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "faca"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician faca",
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    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "facas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "faca f (plural facas)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fa‧ca"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Portuguese 2-syllable words",
        "Portuguese countable nouns",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese nouns",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
        "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Portuguese terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/akɐ",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/akɐ/2 syllables",
        "pt:Cutlery",
        "pt:Tools",
        "pt:Weapons"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knife"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "knife"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Portugal",
            "informal",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "naifa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfa.kɐ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-akɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "faca"
}

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