casulo
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alteration of casula,[1][2] from Latin casula (“little cottage, hooded cloak”), a diminutive of casa (“house”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ulu
- Hyphenation: ca‧su‧lo
Noun[edit]
casulo m (plural casulos)
- cocoon (the silky case that protects the chrysalis of insects)
- (figurative, by extension) cocoon (any protective case, real or metaphorical)
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:casulo.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “casulo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “casulo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.