sabujo
Galician
Noun
sabujo m (plural sabujos, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of sabuxo
Further reading
- “sabujo” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin segusius (compare Italian segugio, Spanish sabueso), from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *segu (“to follow”) (compare Irish seach).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈbu.ʒu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈbu.ʒo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐˈbu.ʒu/ [sɐˈβu.ʒu]
- Hyphenation: sa‧bu‧jo
Noun
sabujo m (plural sabujos)
- hound (dog breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting)
- (figurative) an excessively submissive person
Further reading
- “sabujo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “sabujo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “sabujo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025