galrito

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish garlito. By surface analysis, galra +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡawˈʁi.tu/ [ɡaʊ̯ˈhi.tu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡawˈʁi.tu/ [ɡaʊ̯ˈχi.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡawˈʁi.to/ [ɡaʊ̯ˈhi.to]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡalˈʁi.tu/ [ɡaɫˈʁi.tu]

Rhymes: -itu
Hyphenation: gal‧ri‧to

Noun

galrito m (plural galritos)

a net or another fishing instrument used to catch small fish
Synonym: galricho

Further reading

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