polvilho

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /powˈvi.ʎu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /powˈvi.ʎo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /polˈvi.ʎu/ , /pɔlˈvi.ʎu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /polˈbi.ʎu/ , /pɔlˈbi.ʎu/

Rhymes: -iʎu
Hyphenation: pol‧vi‧lho

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish polvillo.^[1]^[2]

Noun

polvilho m (plural polvilhos)

powder (fine particles of any dry substance)
cassava starch

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

polvilho

first-person singular present indicative of polvilhar

References

^ “polvilho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
^ “polvilho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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