besouro

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abesouro (“beetle”), of unknown origin. Maybe from Latin avis aurea (“golden bird”) or from Spanish abejorro, from abeja (“bee”) + -orro (“augmentative suffix”). Or, possibly imitative of the wing's sounds.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -owɾu

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈzo(w).ɾu/ [beˈzo(ʊ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈzo(w).ɾu/ [beˈzo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈzo(w).ɾo/ [beˈzo(ʊ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈzo(w).ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈzo(w).ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈzow.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈzo.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: be‧sou‧ro

Noun

besouro m (plural besouros)

1. beetle