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Portuguese
Etymology
Compound of luz (“light”) + em (“in”) + cu (“ass”).
Pronunciation
Noun
luz-em-cu m (plural luz-em-cus)
- (Portugal) firefly
- Synonyms: (vulgar) caga-lume, vaga-lume, pirilampo
1995, Lídia Jorge, O dia dos prodígios, Leya, →ISBN, page 51:Agora todos os pensamentos são amargos sob os ímpetos malcontidos. Nem um luz-em-cu atravessa o quarto.- Now all thoughts are bitter under the barely restrained impulses. Not even a firefly crosses the room.
Further reading
- “luz-em-cu”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “luz-em-cu”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025