besouro

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Um besouro

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abesouro (“beetle”), of unknown origin. Maybe from Latin avis aurea (“golden bird”) or from Spanish abejorro, from abeja (“bee”) + -orro (“augmentative suffix”). Or, possibly imitative of the wing's sounds. Cognate with Galician abesouro (“bumblebee”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /biˈzo(w).ɾu/ , /beˈzo(w).ɾu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /biˈzo(w).ɾo/ , /beˈzo(w).ɾo/
 

  • Rhymes: -owɾu
  • Hyphenation: be‧sou‧ro

Noun

besouro m (plural besouros)

  1. beetle (any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera)

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