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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈa.ʎu/, /kuˈa.ʎu/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈkwa.ʎu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈa.ʎu/, /kuˈa.ʎu/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈkwa.ʎu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈa.ʎo/
- Rhymes: -aʎu
- Hyphenation: co‧a‧lho
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese quallo, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin quāglum, from Latin coāgulum following syncopation. Doublet of the borrowing coágulo.
Noun
coalho m (plural coalhos)
- curdling, coagulation
- milk curd
- (anatomy) abomasum (fourth stomach compartment of a ruminant)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
coalho
- first-person singular present indicative of coalhar