Masculí

guaio

Significat (Anglès)

  1. (archaic, literary, masculine, plural-normally) lament, lamentation, cry
  2. (masculine, plural-normally) hardship, misfortune
  3. (broadly, masculine) trouble, difficulty, mess, pickle, fix, woe, jam

Freqüència

C1
Amb guionet com a
guà‧io
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈɡwa.jo/
Etimologia (Anglès)

Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *wai (“expression of grief”). Alternatively from Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí), from the verse in Revelation 8:13. Compare English woe, German Weh, Latin vae.

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