Today's word is 'rentrée' (French · rahn-TRAY).
Meaning: The collective return to work, school, and public life after the summer holidays, a season with
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'rentrée' (French · rahn-TRAY).
Meaning: The collective return to work, school, and public life after the summer holidays, a season with
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'sillage' (French · see-YAHZH).
Meaning: The trail left behind by something that has passed, especially the wake of a boat or the lingeri
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'grisaille' (French · gree-ZYE).
Meaning: A dull, gray, overcast gloom in the sky or atmosphere; also a painting technique done entirely i
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'sabiá' (Brazilian Portuguese · sah-bee-AH).
Meaning: A thrush of the genus Turdus, especially the rufous-bellied thrush (sabiá-laranjeira), Brazil's
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'beija-flor' (Brazilian Portuguese · bay-zhah-FLOR).
Meaning: A hummingbird, named in Portuguese for the way it seems to kiss the flowers it feeds from
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'jeitinho' (Brazilian Portuguese · zhay-CHEEN-yoh).
Meaning: A resourceful, informal knack for finding a clever or charming way around an obstacle or rule, o
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'quilombo' (Brazilian Portuguese · kee-LOHM-boo).
Meaning: A community founded by escaped enslaved people in Brazil, and by extension a symbol of Afro-Braz
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'igarapé' (Brazilian Portuguese · ee-gah-rah-PEH).
Meaning: A narrow natural waterway in the Amazon basin, a stream or channel winding through the forest th
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'capoeira' (Brazilian Portuguese · kah-poh-AY-rah).
Meaning: In Brazil, it is the Afro-Brazilian art form that combines martial arts, dance, acrobatics and m
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'desabafo' (Brazilian Portuguese · deh-zah-BAH-foo).
Meaning: An emotional unburdening: the relief of speaking openly about what weighs on you, often to a tru
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'pororoca' (Brazilian Portuguese · poh-roh-ROH-kah).
Meaning: A tidal bore, especially the loud wave that surges up the Amazon and nearby rivers when the ocea
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'jabuticaba' (Brazilian Portuguese · zhah-boo-chee-KAH-bah).
Meaning: A Brazilian tree, and its small, dark purple, grape-like fruit that grows directly on the trunk
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'caatinga' (Brazilian Portuguese · kah-ah-CHEEN-gah).
Meaning: A semi-arid region of thorny scrub and hardy trees in northeastern Brazil, found nowhere else in
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'mutirão' (Brazilian Portuguese · moo-chee-ROWN).
Meaning: A collective effort in which people come together, usually without pay, to accomplish a shared t
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'entardecer' (Brazilian Portuguese · ayn-tahr-deh-SEHR).
Meaning: The late-afternoon moment when day slowly softens toward evening; as a verb, to turn into late a
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is '小春日和' (Japanese · koh-HAH-roo bee-YOH-ree).
Meaning: A spell of mild, calm, sunny weather in late autumn or early winter, like a brief return of spri
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'entrañable' (Spanish · en-trah-NYAH-bleh).
Meaning: Describes a person, place, or memory that is deeply dear and affectionately close to the heart
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'duermevela' (Spanish · dwehr-meh-BEH-lah).
Meaning: A light, restless half-sleep in which one drifts between sleeping and waking
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'albricias' (Spanish · ahl-BREE-see-ahs).
Meaning: An exclamation of joy upon receiving good news, and also the word for the gift or reward given t
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@wordvoyage.bsky.socialToday's word is 'alborada' (Spanish · ahl-boh-RAH-dah).
Meaning: The first light of dawn, and also a traditional piece of music or celebration performed at daybr
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