queijo coalho

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “curd cheese”.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈke(j).ʒu koˈa.ʎu/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʒu koˈa.ʎu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈke(j).ʒo koˈa.ʎo/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʒo koˈa.ʎo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐj.ʒu ˈkwa.ʎu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkej.ʒu ˈkwa.ʎu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkej.ʒu ˈkwa.ʎu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈke.ʒu ˈkwa.ʎu/

Noun

queijo coalho m (plural queijos coalhos)

(Brazil) a lightweight cheese from cow's milk produced in Northeastern Brazil

Further reading

queijo coalho on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
queijo coalho on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“queijo coalho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025