cerquilha

Portuguese

Etymology

From cerca (“fence”) + -ilha.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈki.ʎɐ/ [sehˈki.ʎɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈki.ʎɐ/ [sehˈki.ʎɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾˈki.ʎɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁˈki.ʎɐ/ [seχˈki.ʎɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /seɻˈki.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈki.ʎa/ [sehˈki.ʎa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈki.ʎɐ/

• Hyphenation: cer‧qui‧lha

Noun

cerquilha f (plural cerquilhas)

1. hash (name of the # symbol)

   Synonyms: antífen, cardinal, jogo da velha, jogo do galo

Further reading

• “cerquilha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026