mexilhão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Iberian Vulgar Latin *musceliōnem (“mussel”), from Latin muscellus, from Latin musculus (“muscle, mussel”). Cognate of Galician mexillón and of Spanish mejillón (“mussel”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ʃiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [me.ʃiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ʃiˈʎɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: me‧xi‧lhão

Noun

mexilhão m (plural mexilhões)

1. mussel
2. (informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Further reading

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