chocalho

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From choca +‎ -alho, from Old Galician-Portuguese choca, from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”), from Gaulish *clocca, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *klak.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈka.ʎu/, /ʃuˈka.ʎu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈka.ʎu/, /ʃuˈka.ʎu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈka.ʎo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈka.ʎu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈka.ʎu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈka.ʎu/

• Rhymes: -aʎu
• Hyphenation: cho‧ca‧lho

Noun

chocalho m (plural chocalhos)

1. bell, cowbell (a small bell worn by cows and other animals)
2. (music) shaker
3. rattle (baby's toy)

   Synonym: guizo

4. (zoology) rattle (organ of an animal producing a rattling sound)

Derived terms

• chocalhada
• chocalhar

See also

• cascavel

Further reading

• chocalho on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology 2

Verb

chocalho

1. first-person singular present indicative of chocalhar