cãibra

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === câimbra (Brazil, sometimes proscribed) cãimbra (misspelling) === Etymology === Uncertain, but related to Spanish calambre. Possibly from French crampe, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krampō (“cramp, clasp”); if so, a doublet of grampo / grampa. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cãi‧bra === Noun === cãibra f (plural cãibras) cramp (painful contraction of a muscle) === Further reading === “cãibra”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cãibra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026