morcego

Galician

Alternative forms

• murcego, muricego

Etymology

From mur (“mouse”) + cego (“blind”) or from Latin mūris caecus, both from Latin mūs. Compare Spanish murciélago.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moɾˈθɛɣo̝/

Noun

morcego m (plural morcegos)

1. bat (flying mammal)

Derived terms

• Morcegueira

References

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

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Portuguese

Morcego

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mur (“mouse”) + cego (“blind”) or from Latin mūris caecus, both from mūs. Compare Spanish murciélago.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /moʁˈse.ɡu/, [mohˈse.ɡu]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /moʁˈse.ɡu/, [mohˈse.ɡu]
  • IPA^(key): (São Paulo) /moɾˈse.ɡu/, [moɾˈse.ɡu]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /moʁˈse.ɡu/, [moχˈse.ɡu]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /muɾˈse.ɡu/, [muɾˈse.ɣu]

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /moɹˈse.ɡu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /moɻˈse.ɡo/
• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /mohˈse.ɡu/
• Hyphenation: mor‧ce‧go

Noun

morcego m (plural morcegos)

1. bat (flying mammal)

Related terms

• morcegar, vampiro