soluço
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- saluço (dated, dialectal)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese solluço, from Vulgar Latin suggluttium (attested in glosses), ultimately from Latin singultus, influenced by gluttiō. Compare Spanish sollozo, Romanian sughiț; compare also French sanglot, Italian singhiozzo, from *singlutium.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.ˈlu.su/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /so.ˈlu.su/
- Hyphenation: so‧lu‧ço
Noun
soluço m (plural soluços)
- hiccup
Related terms
- soluçar