chocalho

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From choca +‎ -alho, from Old Galician-Portuguese choca, from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”), from Gaulish *clocca, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *klak.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈka.ʎu/, /ʃuˈka.ʎu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈka.ʎo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈka.ʎu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈka.ʎu/

Rhymes: -aʎu
Hyphenation: cho‧ca‧lho

Noun

chocalho m (plural chocalhos)

bell, cowbell (a small bell worn by cows and other animals)
(music) shaker
rattle (baby's toy)
Synonym: guizo
(zoology) rattle (organ of an animal producing a rattling sound)

Derived terms

See also

cascavel

Further reading

chocalho on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Verb

chocalho

first-person singular present indicative of chocalhar

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