mexilhão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Iberian Vulgar Latin *musceliōnem (“mussel”), from Latin muscellus, from Latin musculus (“muscle, mussel”). Cognate of Galician mexillón and of Spanish mejillón (“mussel”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.ʃiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [me.ʃiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.ʃiˈʎɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: me‧xi‧lhão

Noun

mexilhão m (plural mexilhões)

  1. mussel
  2. (informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Further reading

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