cogumelo

Portuguese

cogumelos

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin * cucumellus, diminutive of Latin cucuma (“large cooking vessel”). Compare Galician cogomelo, Occitan cocomèla and Sardinian cugumeddu.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ɡuˈmɛ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ɡuˈmɛ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ɡuˈmɛ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɡuˈmɛ.lu/ [ku.ɣuˈmɛ.lu]

• Hyphenation: co‧gu‧me‧lo

Noun

cogumelo m (plural cogumelos)

1. mushroom

Descendants

• Spanish: gurumelo

See also

• fungo