soluçar

Meaning

1. to hiccup
2. to sob

Concepts

hiccup

hiccough

sob

😭

yex

hickup

Translations

singhiozzare

😭

hoqueter

hipar

hikken

hicksen

sangloter

😭

sollozar

😭

schluchzen

😭

hıçkırmak

avoir le hoquet

singlotar

singultare

singulto

snikken

😭

Pronounced as (IPA)

/so.luˈsa(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: singultus

Cognate with Galician: saloucar

Cognate with Spanish: sollozar

Cognate with Romanian: sughița

Cognate with Italian: singhiozzare

In summary

From soluço, or from Old Galician-Portuguese solluçar, from Vulgar Latin *suggluttiāre, from singultō (“to gasp, to hiccup”) (with the prefix sub- and altered by influence from gluttiō (“to swallow”)), from Latin singultus.
Compare Galician saloucar, Spanish sollozar, Romanian sughița, also Italian singhiozzare.