fígado

See also: figado

Galician

Fígado dunha ovella (sheep's liver)

Alternative forms

• fédago, fégado

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin fīcātum (“liver”), from Latin iecur fīcātum (“fig-stuffed liver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) [ˈfiɣɐðʊ], [ˈfiħɐðʊ]

• Audio:

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Noun

fígado m (plural fígados)

1. liver (organ or food)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fígado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fígado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fígado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

fígado

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin fīcātum (“liver”), from Latin iecur fīcātum (“fig-stuffed liver”). Compare Spanish hígado, Italian fegato.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ɡa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ɡa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ɡa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ɡɐ.du/ [ˈfi.ɣɐ.ðu]

• Hyphenation: fí‧ga‧do

Noun

fígado m (plural fígados)

1. (anatomy) liver (organ of human or animal)
2. (cooking) liver (organ of animal used as food)

Further reading

• fígado on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt