peixe-lua

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “moon-fish”.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpe(j).ʃiˈlu.ɐ/ [ˌpe(ɪ̯).ʃiˈlu.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpe(j).ʃeˈlu.a/ [ˌpe(ɪ̯).ʃeˈlu.a]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɐj.ʃɨˈlu.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpej.ʃɨˈlu.ɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpej.ʃɨˈlu.ɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpe.ʃɨˈlu.ɐ/

Hyphenation: pei‧xe‧-lu‧a

Noun

peixe-lua m (plural peixes-lua or (less common) peixes-luas)

sunfish (any fish of the family Molidae)

Further reading

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