umbigo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ũˈbi.ɡu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ũˈbi.ɡo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ũˈbi.ɡu/ [ũˈbi.ɣu]

  • Rhymes: -iɡu
  • Hyphenation: um‧bi‧go

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese umbiigo, from Latin umbilīcus. Compare Galician embigo, and Spanish ombligo. Doublet of umbílico.

Alternative forms

Noun

umbigo m (plural umbigos)

  1. (anatomy) navel (indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals)
Derived terms
  • umbigada
  • umbigão
  • umbigar
  • umbigo de freira
  • umbigo-branco
  • umbigo-de-vênus / umbigo-de-vénus
  • umbigueira
  • umbiguinho
  • umbiguismo
  • umbiguista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

umbigo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of umbigar

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