queixada

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) any animal of the Tayassuidae family (a wild pig family of the Americas)
2. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), a hog-like animal species found in Central and South America

Verb

feminine singular of queixado

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ke(j)ˈʃa.dɐ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da latino: capsa

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese queixada (“jaw”), from Vulgar Latin *capseāta, a derivative of Vulgar Latin *capseus (“chin”) (whence queixo), itself a derivative of Latin capsa (“box”), from capiō (“capture, seize, take”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, catch, grasp”).