fígado

See also: figado

Galician

Fígado dunha ovella (sheep's liver)

Alternative forms

• fédago, fégado

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

fígado m (plural fígados)

1. liver (organ or food)

References

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

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