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nossa f sg

1. Frades Gaspar's form of nosa (“our”)

nossa f sg

1. Frades Gaspar's form of nosa (“ours”)

• Frades Gaspar, Domingo (2000), Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala‎^[1], 2nd edition, Sa Martín de Trevellu, Spain: Editora Regional de Extremadura, →ISBN, archived from the original on 10 July 2013

Cognate to Danish nosse (“testicle”), dialectal Swedish nosse (“testicle”), probably the same root word as Old Norse nosi (“stallion's genitals”), Icelandic nosi (“horse cock”). Compare Swedish balle, either meaning “penis” or (in plural) “testicle”.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔsːa/
• Rhymes: -ɔsːa

nossa n (genitive singular nossa, plural nossu or nossur)

1. (anatomy) a testicle

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• pungur

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• Hyphenation: nos‧sa

nossa

1. feminine singular of nosso

nossa

1. feminine singular of nosso

nossa

1. feminine of nosso

Shortening of nossa senhora (literally “our lady”), itself a shortening of minha nossa senhora (literally “my our lady”).

The expression minha nossa senhora is probably influenced by meu Deus (literally “my God”), similarly to English Oh, my God and Spanish Dios mío.

nossa!

1. (Brazil) oh, my God!; goodness! (said in excitement, shock, awe or dismay)

   Synonym: meu Deus!

   • 1999, J. Simões, Retrato Mutante, Academia Taguatinguense de Letras - ATL, page 18:

     Benge percebeu o clima tenso e resolveu dar mais uma das suas:
     — Nossa! O Chefinho tá-que-tá! Uma fera!

     Benge noticed the tense atmosphere and decided to give one more of his own phrases:
     — Goodness! The little boss got fired up! What a beast!

• “nossa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nossa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026