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Etymology edit

From soluço, or from Old Galician-Portuguese solluçar, from Vulgar Latin *suggluttiāre, from singultō (to gasp, to hiccup) (altered by influence from gluttiō (to swallow)), from Latin singultus.

Compare Galician saloucar, Spanish sollozar, Romanian sughița, also Italian singhiozzare.

Pronunciation edit

 
 

  • Hyphenation: so‧lu‧çar

Verb edit

soluçar (first-person singular present soluço, first-person singular preterite solucei, past participle soluçado)

  1. to hiccup
  2. to sob

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