virilha

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Galician

Noun

virilha f (plural virilhas, reintegrationist norm)

reintegrationist spelling of virilla

Further reading

“virilha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

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virilha

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese verilha, from Latin virīlia, plural of virīlis (“manly”) reinterpreted as a feminine singular, from vir (“man”). Doublet of viril, cognate of Galician virilla.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈɾi.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈɾi.ʎa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈɾi.ʎɐ/, /vɨˈɾi.ʎɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈɾi.ʎɐ/, /bɨˈɾi.ʎɐ/

Rhymes: -iʎɐ
Hyphenation: vi‧ri‧lha

Noun

virilha f (plural virilhas)

groin, crotch (depression separating the trunk from the legs)

Related terms

viril

Further reading

“virilha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“virilha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
“virilha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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