"limbo" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlĩ.bu/ Forms: limbos [plural]
Rhymes: -ĩbu Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin limbus (“limbo”), from Latin limbus (“border, edge”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|pt|EL.|limbus|t=limbo}} Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin limbus (“limbo”), {{der|pt|la|limbus|t=border, edge}} Latin limbus (“border, edge”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} limbo m (plural limbos)
  1. (Roman Catholicism) limbo (place for innocent souls) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-limbo-pt-noun-XIrUqs7f Categories (other): Roman Catholicism, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Afterlife Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 36 6 23 35 Disambiguation of Afterlife: 35 22 22 22 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
  2. (figurative) limbo (state of neglect or oblivion) Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-limbo-pt-noun-LebvxwbY
  3. (botany) blade (the flat part of a leaf or petal) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-limbo-pt-noun-AF0xJa9Q Categories (other): Botany, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 36 6 23 35 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈlĩ.bu/ Forms: limbos [plural]
Rhymes: -ĩbu Etymology: Borrowed from English limbo. Etymology templates: {{bor+|pt|en|limbo}} Borrowed from English limbo Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} limbo m (plural limbos)
  1. limbo (dance originating from Trinidad and Tobago) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-limbo-pt-noun-JIyoyju1 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Dances Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 36 6 23 35 Disambiguation of Dances: 30 10 14 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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