filhó

Portuguese

filhós

Alternative forms

filhós

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese folloa, from Vulgar Latin *foliola, diminutive of Latin folium. Compare Galician filloa, Spanish hojuela.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈʎɔ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiˈʎɔ/

Rhymes: -ɔ
Hyphenation: fi‧lhó

Noun

filhó f (plural filhós)

(cooking) a traditional christmas treat prepared with eggs and flour, fried in olive oil; beignet, fritter
Synonyms: fritos, sonho

Descendants

→ Japanese: 飛竜頭 (hiryūzu, hiryōzu, hirōsu)

Further reading

filhó on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
“filhó” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“filhó” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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