coruja
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Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Possibly from Late Latin curusa or of onomatopoetic origin. Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Leonese curuxa, Mirandese queruja and Spanish coruja, curuja.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: co‧ru‧ja
Noun
[edit]coruja f (plural corujas)
Further reading
[edit]- “coruja” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “coruja” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
coruja on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt