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maçã de Adão

Portuguese, noun

maçã de Adão is spelled M-A-Ç-Ã-D-E-A-D-Ã-O (10 letters). Maçã de Adão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Adam's apple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, maçã-de-Adão is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of maçã de Adão; still used…”.

What does maçã de Adão mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineAdam's apple

noun

as maçã-de-Adão
  1. 1

    femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of maçã de Adão; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. saliência da cartilagem tireoide, existente abaixo do osso hioide, junto à laringe, no pescoço humano

noun: 1. vide maçã de Adão

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of maçã de Adão

  • maçãs de Adão plural
  • maçã de adão alternative
  • maçã-de-Adão alternative
  • maçã-de-adão alternative
  • maçãs-de-Adão plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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