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palavra

/paˈla.vɾɐ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. word
  2. unit of language
  3. oath; guarantee
  4. brief conversation
  5. unit of data
  6. the ability or permission to talk
  7. religious teachings
  8. word (used to assert that something is true)

Etymology / origin

From Old Galician-Portuguese palavra, with hyperthesis from earlier paravra, paravla, from Late Latin parabola (“speech”), from Latin parabola (“comparison, illustration”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”). Doublet of parábola, a borrowing.

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