enguia-elétrica
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˌɡi.ɐ.eˈlɛ.tɾi.kɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˌɡi.ɐ.eˈlɛ.tɾi.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˌɡi.a.eˈlɛ.tɾi.ka/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˌɡi.a.eˈlɛ.tɾi.ka/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽˌɡi.ɐ.iˈlɛ.tɾi.kɐ/
- Hyphenation: en‧gui‧a‧-e‧lé‧tri‧ca
Noun
enguia-elétrica f (plural enguias-elétricas)
- electric eel
- Synonym: puraquê
Further reading
- “enguia-elétrica”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025