morcego

Galician

Alternative forms

• murcego, muricego

Etymology

From mur (“mouse”) + cego (“blind”) or from Latin mūris caecus, both from Latin mūs. Compare Spanish murciélago.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moɾˈθɛɣo̝/

Noun

morcego m (plural morcegos)

1. bat (flying mammal)

Derived terms

• Morcegueira

References

• “morcego” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “morcego” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “morcego” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Morcego

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mur cego (literally “blind mouse”) or from Latin mūris caecus, both from mūs. Compare Spanish murciélago.

Alternative forms

• morcêgo (superseded)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈse.ɡu/ [mohˈse.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈse.ɡu/ [mohˈse.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /moɾˈse.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʁˈse.ɡu/ [moχˈse.ɡu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moɻˈse.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾˈse.ɡu/ [muɾˈse.ɣu]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /mohˈse.ɡu/
• Rhymes: -eɡu
• Hyphenation: mor‧ce‧go

Noun

morcego m (plural morcegos, feminine (uncommon) morcega, feminine plural (uncommon) morcegas)

1. bat (flying mammal)
2. (figurative, colloquial) night person

Derived terms

• morcegar
• morcego-vampiro

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈsɛ.ɡu/ [mohˈsɛ.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈsɛ.ɡu/ [mohˈsɛ.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /moɾˈsɛ.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʁˈsɛ.ɡu/ [moχˈsɛ.ɡu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moɻˈsɛ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾˈsɛ.ɡu/ [muɾˈsɛ.ɣu]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /mohˈsɛ.ɡu/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡu
• Hyphenation: mor‧ce‧go

Verb

morcego

1. first-person singular present indicative of morcegar