polvilho

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /powˈvi.ʎu/ [poʊ̯ˈvi.ʎu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /powˈvi.ʎo/ [poʊ̯ˈvi.ʎo]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /polˈvi.ʎu/ [poɫˈvi.ʎu], /pɔlˈvi.ʎu/ [pɔɫˈvi.ʎu]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /polˈbi.ʎu/ [poɫˈβi.ʎu], /pɔlˈbi.ʎu/ [pɔɫˈβi.ʎu]

  • Rhymes: -iʎu
  • Hyphenation: pol‧vi‧lho

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish polvillo.[1][2]

Noun

polvilho m (plural polvilhos)

  1. powder (fine particles of any dry substance)
  2. cassava starch

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

polvilho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of polvilhar

References
  1. “polvilho” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “polvilho” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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