cotovia

Portuguese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.toˈvi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.toˈvi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈvi.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈbi.ɐ/ [ku.tuˈβi.ɐ]

Audio (Brazil (Caipira)): (file)
Hyphenation: co‧to‧vi‧a

Noun

cotovia f (plural cotovias)

lark, skylark
Synonym: laverca

Further reading

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