cernelha

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈne.ʎɐ/ [seɦˈne.ʎɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾˈne.ʎɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁˈne.ʎɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /seɻˈne.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈne.ʎa/ [seɦˈne.ʎa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈnɐ(j).ʎɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈne.ʎɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈne.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈne.ʎɐ/

Hyphenation: cer‧ne‧lha

Noun

cernelha f (plural cernelhas)

withers (place where a draft animal’s shoulder blades meet)

Further reading

“cernelha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“cernelha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026