raxa

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ʃɐ/ [ˈha.ʃɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ʃɐ/ [ˈχa.ʃɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ʃa/ [ˈha.ʃa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ʃɐ/

Rhymes: -aʃɐ
Homophone: racha
Hyphenation: ra‧xa

Noun

raxa f (plural raxas)

(archaic) coarse cotton cloth

Derived terms

raxeta

Descendants

→ Japanese: ラシャ (rasha, “felt”)

Further reading

“raxa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“raxa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025