mucama

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === mucamba === Etymology === Borrowed from Kimbundu mukama (“slave, concubine”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐmɐ Hyphenation: mu‧ca‧ma === Noun === mucama f (plural mucamas) (Brazil, obsolete) housemaid; servant Synonym: criado (Brazil, historical) domestic slave Synonym: macuma === Further reading === “mucama”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “mucama”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese mucama, from Kimbundu mukama (“slave, concubine”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /muˈkama/ [muˈka.ma] Rhymes: -ama Syllabification: mu‧ca‧ma === Noun === mucama f (plural mucamas) maid chambermaid ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “mucamo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025