gorgulho

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin curculiō. Compare Spanish gorgojo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡoʁˈɡu.ʎu/ [ɡoɦˈɡu.ʎu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡoʁˈɡu.ʎu/ [ɡoɦˈɡu.ʎu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡoɾˈɡu.ʎu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡoʁˈɡu.ʎu/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ɡoɻˈɡu.ʎu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡoʁˈɡu.ʎo/ [ɡoɦˈɡu.ʎo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡuɾˈɡu.ʎu/ [ɡuɾˈɣu.ʎu]

• Rhymes: -uʎu
• Hyphenation: gor‧gu‧lho

Noun

gorgulho m (plural gorgulhos)

1. weevil (any beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)

Further reading

• “gorgulho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gorgulho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026