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Kúbonda

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Kúbonda

verbtransitiveReviewed

Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    To slaughter; to strangle; to kill.
  2. 2
    To mash; to knead; to make purée: kitande
  3. 3
    noun
    Slaughter; killing.
  4. 4
    Kuribonda, v. intr. e r. To hang oneself; to commit suicide.
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Kubónda

verbtransitiveintransitiveReviewed

Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    To soak; to wet.
  2. 2
    To infiltrate; to absorb.
  3. 3
    Said of a matter or business from which no good result is obtained: uêngi u abóndo.
  4. 4
    noun
    Soaking; wetting.
  5. 5
    Kuribónda, v. r. To spoil; to become corrupted.
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