cogumelo

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Portuguese

cogumelos

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin * cucumellus, diminutive of Latin cucuma (large cooking vessel). Compare Galician cogomelo, Occitan cocomèla and Sardinian cugumeddu.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: co‧gu‧me‧lo

Noun

cogumelo m (plural cogumelos)

  1. mushroom

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