morcego
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Morcego
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese morçeguo, ultimately from Latin mūs. Compare Portuguese morcego, Spanish murciélago.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mor‧ce‧go
Noun
morcego m (plural morcegos)
- bat (any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera)
- Synonym: quiróptero
Derived terms
References
- “morcego”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morcego”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “morcego”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morcego”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese morçeguo, ultimately from Latin mūs. Compare Galician morcego, Spanish murciélago.
Alternative forms
- morcêgo (pre-reform)
Pronunciation
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /mohˈse.ɡu/
- Rhymes: -eɡu
- Hyphenation: mor‧ce‧go
Noun
morcego m (plural morcegos, feminine (uncommon) morcega, feminine plural (uncommon) morcegas)
- bat (any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera)
- Synonym: quiróptero
- (figurative, colloquial) night person
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /mohˈsɛ.ɡu/
- Rhymes: -ɛɡu
- Hyphenation: mor‧ce‧go
Verb
morcego