casulo

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Portuguese

Etymology

Alteration of casula,[1][2] from Latin casula (“little cottage, hooded cloak”), a diminutive of casa (“house”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ulu
  • Hyphenation: ca‧su‧lo

Noun

casulo m (plural casulos)

  1. cocoon (the silky case that protects the chrysalis of insects)
  2. (figurative, by extension) cocoon (any protective case, real or metaphorical)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:casulo.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “casulo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “casulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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