halófilo

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese halo-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s

Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor.

Portuguese -filo

Portuguese halófilo

From halo- + -filo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɔ.fi.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɔ.fi.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɔ.fi.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlɔ.fi.lu/

• Hyphenation: ha‧ló‧fi‧lo

Adjective

halófilo (feminine halófila, masculine plural halófilos, feminine plural halófilas)

1. (biology) halophilic (thriving in high-salinity environments)

Noun

halófilo m (plural halófilos)

1. (biology) halophile (organism that thrives in high-salinity environments)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Adjective

halófilo (feminine halófila, masculine plural halófilos, feminine plural halófilas)

1. halophilic

Noun

halófilo m (plural halófilos, feminine halófila, feminine plural halófilas)

1. halophile

Further reading

• “halófilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025