panturrilha
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pantorrilla (“calf”), from pantorra (“calf”), ultimately from Latin pantex.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɐ̃.tuˈʁi.ʎɐ/ [pɐ̃.tuˈhi.ʎɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɐ̃.tuˈʁi.ʎɐ/ [pɐ̃.tuˈχi.ʎɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɐ̃.tuˈʁi.ʎa/ [pɐ̃.tuˈhi.ʎa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ̃.tuˈʁi.ʎɐ/
Noun
panturrilha f (plural panturrilhas)
- calf (back of the leg below the knee)
Further reading
- “panturrilha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “panturrilha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026