virilha

Galician

Noun

virilha f (plural virilhas, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of virilla

Further reading

  • “virilha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese verilha, from Latin virīlia, plural of virīlis (“manly”) (from which viril) reinterpreted as a feminine singular, from vir (“man”). Cognate of Galician virilla.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈɾi.ʎɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈɾi.ʎa/
 

  • Rhymes: -iʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ri‧lha

Noun

virilha f (plural virilhas)

  1. groin, crotch (depression separating the trunk from the legs)

Further reading

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