Noun: sofraxe
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | sofraxe |
| Plural f | sofraxes |
Sample Sentences
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Deixame estàr à meu cabo
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layandome do meu mal,
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que abo fèllas farto teño;
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grasias a Deus, que mo dà!
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Dòncheme tànto as sofràxes
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ô Peito, è aínda màis,
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que de dia, nin de nòite
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eu nunca podo acougàr. (Let me alone
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complaining about my sickness,
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which for sure I have more than enough;
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thanks God, who gives that to me!
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My houghs hurt so bad,
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and my chest, and more,
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that neither day or night
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I can settle down) [1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:]
Nouns inflected like sofraxe
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested since the 18th century. From Late Latin suffragō (“hough, ham”), from sub- + *frāgō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrāg- (“rump, hock, hindquarters”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack, split”). Catalan sofraja. See: Catalan Nouns '
sofraja'.
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