muçarela

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /mu.saˈɾɛ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mu.saˈɾɛ.la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.sɐˈɾɛ.lɐ/

Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
Hyphenation: mu‧ça‧re‧la

Noun

muçarela f (countable and uncountable, plural muçarelas)

(Brazil, prescriptive) alternative form of mozarela

Usage notes

This spelling is prescriptive in relation to mussarela, which is much more common. See mozarela.

Further reading

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