barbilho
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /baʁˈbi.ʎu/ [baɦˈbi.ʎu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /baɾˈbi.ʎu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /baʁˈbi.ʎu/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /baɻˈbi.ʎu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baʁˈbi.ʎo/ [baɦˈbi.ʎo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐɾˈbi.ʎu/ [bɐɾˈβi.ʎu]
- Hyphenation: bar‧bi‧lho
Noun
barbilho m (plural barbilhos)
- (biology) barbel (whisker-like sensory organs of certain fish)
- Synonym: barbilhão
- a type of muzzle used to prevent animals from eating
Further reading
- “barbilho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “barbilho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026