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Portuguese
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.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -owɾu
- Hyphenation: be‧sou‧ro
Noun
besouro m (plural besouros)
- beetle