chuinga

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English chewing gum.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃwĩ.ɡɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃwĩ.ɡa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃwĩ.ɡɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃwĩ.ɡɐ/

Rhymes: -ĩɡɐ
Hyphenation: chu‧in‧ga

Noun

chuinga m or f (plural chuingas)

(Angola, Mozambique) chewing gum
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pastilha elástica

Further reading

“chuinga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“chuinga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025