coalho

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈa.ʎu/, /kuˈa.ʎu/ [kʊˈa.ʎu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkwa.ʎu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈa.ʎo/

  • Rhymes: -aʎu
  • Hyphenation: co‧a‧lho

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese quallo, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin quāglum, from Latin coāgulum following syncopation. Doublet of the borrowing coágulo.

Noun

coalho m (plural coalhos)

  1. curdling, coagulation
  2. milk curd
  3. (anatomy) abomasum (fourth stomach compartment of a ruminant)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

coalho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of coalhar
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