búzio

Portuguese
búzio

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese buzỹo, from Latin būcinum (“curved war trumpet”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbu.zi.u/ [ˈbu.zɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbu.zju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbu.zi.o/ [ˈbu.zɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbu.zjo/

  • Hyphenation: bú‧zi‧o

Noun

búzio m (plural búzios)

  1. conch; hence trumpet
  2. whelk (edible sea snail)
  3. (Brazil) pearl fisher
  4. (Brazil) cowrie, cowry (any of the marine mollusks of the genus Cypraea)

Descendants
  • → Spanish: buzo
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