penduricalho
Portuguese
Etymology
From pendurar + -ico + -alho.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽ.du.ɾiˈka.ʎu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽ.du.ɾiˈka.ʎo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pẽ.du.ɾiˈka.ʎu/
- Hyphenation: pen‧du‧ri‧ca‧lho
Noun
penduricalho m (plural penduricalhos)
- pendant (dangling jewel)
- Synonyms: balangandã, pingente, berloque
- (figuratively) any concept analogous to a pendant
Further reading
- “penduricalho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “penduricalho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026