borboleta

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese borboleta.

Noun

borboleta

butterfly

Portuguese

Borboleta

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese berbeleta of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:

Old Galician-Portuguese *belbeleta, from Vulgar Latin *belbellita, from bellus (“beautiful”).
Vulgar Latin *papilitta, from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly”).

Cognate with Galician bolboreta.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /boʁ.boˈle.tɐ/ [boɦ.boˈle.tɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /boɾ.boˈle.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /boʁ.boˈle.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boɻ.boˈle.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /buɾ.buˈle.tɐ/ [buɾ.βuˈle.tɐ]

Hyphenation: bor‧bo‧le‧ta

Noun

borboleta f (plural borboletas)

(entomology) butterfly, moth
Synonym: panapanã
(Brazil, swimming) butterfly stroke
Synonyms: (Portugal) mariposa, (Brazil) estilo borboleta, (Brazil) nado borboleta
(Brazil, informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:borboleta.

Derived terms

Descendants

Kabuverdianu: barbuléta, borboléta, burboléta
Papiamentu: barbulètè

See also

traça (“moth”)

Further reading

borboleta on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese borboleta (“butterfly”).

Noun

borboleta

butterfly

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