cogumelo

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cucumellus, diminutive of Latin cucuma (“large cooking vessel”). Compare Galician cogomelo, Occitan cocomèla and Sardinian cugumeddu.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ɡuˈmɛ.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ɡuˈmɛ.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɡuˈmɛ.lu/ [ku.ɣuˈmɛ.lu]

Hyphenation: co‧gu‧me‧lo

Noun

cogumelo m (plural cogumelos)

mushroom

Descendants

→ Spanish: gurumelo

See also

fungo

Further reading

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