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Where does “antirressaca” come from?

antirressaca (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese ressaca, from Spanish resaca, from Spanish resacar, from Spanish rio seco — dry river.

antirressaca (Portuguese): antihangover

Definitions

  1. antihangover

Ancestry of “antirressaca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseressacastorm surge; hangover
2Spanishresacaundertow, surf, backwash; redraft, redrawing;...
3SpanishresacarTo distil
4Spanishrio secodry river
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