esquírola

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggested origins include:

from Latin schidia (“chip; splinter”);
Borrowed from French eschille (“splinter”);
Ancient Greek σκίρος (skíros, “rock flake”) + -ola (“diminutive suffix”);
Borrowed from Spanish esquirla.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈki.ɾo.lɐ/, /esˈki.ɾo.lɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈki.ɾo.lɐ/, /eʃˈki.ɾo.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈki.ɾo.la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈki.ɾu.lɐ/

Noun

esquírola f (plural esquírolas)

(medicine, dated) fragment (small piece of bone that breaks off in a fracture)
Synonym: fragmento
(literary) chip; shard
Synonyms: lasca, estilhaço

Further reading

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