sovaco

Portuguese

Alternative forms

sobaco, suvaco

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sobaco, of obscure origin. Compare Galician and Spanish sobaco.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈva.ku/, /suˈva.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈva.ko/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈva.ku/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈba.ku/ [suˈβa.ku]

Rhymes: -aku
Hyphenation: so‧va‧co

Noun

sovaco m (plural sovacos)

armpit
Synonym: axila

Further reading

“sovaco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
“sovaco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“sovaco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
“sovaco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025