trasorelho

Portuguese

Etymology

From tras- + alteration of orelha.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.zoˈɾe.ʎu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.zoˈɾe.ʎo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.zuˈɾɐ(j).ʎu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.zuˈɾe.ʎu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.zuˈɾe.ʎu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.zuˈɾe.ʎu/

Hyphenation: tra‧so‧re‧lho

Noun

trasorelho m (plural trasorelhos)

(medicine, informal) mumps (contagious disease caused by a virus that affects the salivary glands)
Synonyms: caxumba, papeira, parotidite

Further reading

“trasorelho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“trasorelho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025