Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese poomba (13th century: Cantigas de Santa Maria), from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese paomba, from Proto-Ibero-Romance palomba, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (dark-colored, gray).

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Noun

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pomba f (plural pombas)

  1. dove, pigeon
  2. vane, blade (of a turbine)
    Synonym: pena
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Portuguese

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pomba Columba oenas

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese poomba (13th century: Cantigas de Santa Maria), from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese paomba, from Proto-Ibero-Romance palomba, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (dark-colored, gray).

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  • Rhymes: -õbɐ
  • Hyphenation: pom‧ba

Noun

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pomba f (plural pombas, masculine pombo, masculine plural pombos)

  1. dove, pigeon
  2. (Brazil, vulgar) penis (man's genitalia)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis
  3. (vulgar) vagina (woman's genitalia)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations
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