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Portuguese
Etymology
Uncertain. Either from pedra (“rock; stone”) + -ego + -ulho[1] or from Latin petrīca + -ulho.[2]
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pe‧dre‧gu‧lho
Noun
pedregulho m (plural pedregulhos)
- pebble (small stone)
- Synonyms: pedrinha, seixo
- boulder (large stone)
- Synonym: rocha
- Augmentative of pedra
- Synonym: pedrona
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