coalho

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈa.ʎu/, /kuˈa.ʎu/ [kʊˈa.ʎu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkwa.ʎu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈa.ʎo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.ʎu/

Rhymes: -aʎu
Hyphenation: co‧a‧lho

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese quallo, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin quāglum, from Latin coāgulum following syncopation. Doublet of the borrowing coágulo.

Noun

coalho m (plural coalhos)

curdling, coagulation
milk curd
(anatomy) abomasum (fourth stomach compartment of a ruminant)

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

coalho

first-person singular present indicative of coalhar

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