bacamarte

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from French braquemart.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ca‧mar‧te

Noun[edit]

bacamarte m (plural bacamartes)

  1. blunderbuss (old style of firearm with a large opening at the muzzle)
    Synonym: trabuco
    Coordinate term: arcabuz
  2. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) tome (large old book)
    Synonyms: alfarrábio, tomo

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