papagaio

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Galician[edit]

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gl

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese papagay (“parrot”) (c. 1300, Dom Dinis), from Old Occitan papagay (“parrot”), ultimately from Arabic بَبْغَاء‎ (babḡāʔ, “parrot”), of imitative origin.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

papagaio m (plural papagaios)

  1. parrot

References[edit]

  • “papagai” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “papagai” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “papagaio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese papagay (“parrot”), from Old Occitan papagay (“parrot”), ultimately from Arabic بَبْغَاء‎ (babḡāʔ, “parrot”), of imitative origin.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.paˈɡaj.u/ [pa.paˈɡaɪ̯.u]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.paˈɡaj.o/ [pa.paˈɡaɪ̯.o]

  • Rhymes: -aju
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧gai‧o

Noun[edit]

papagaio m (plural papagaios, feminine papagaia, feminine plural papagaias)

  1. parrot (bird)
  2. parroter
  3. kite (of paper)
    Synonym: (Madeira) joeira

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “papagaio” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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