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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin tenebriō.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈnɛ.bɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /teˈnɛ.bɾju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈnɛ.bɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /teˈnɛ.bɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈnɛ.bɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /teˈnɛ.bɾjo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨˈnɛ.bɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /tɨˈnɛ.bɾju/
- Rhymes: -ɛbɾiu
- Hyphenation: te‧né‧bri‧o
Noun
tenébrio m (plural tenébrios)
- mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor)
- Synonym: besouro-da-farinha
- mealworm
- Synonyms: bicho-da-farinha, larva-da-farinha