vilarelho

Portuguese

Etymology

From vilar (“hamlet”) +‎ -elho.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.laˈɾe.ʎu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.laˈɾe.ʎo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi.lɐˈɾɐ(j).ʎu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.lɐˈɾe.ʎu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi.lɐˈɾe.ʎu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi.lɐˈɾe.ʎu/

Hyphenation: vi‧la‧re‧lho

Noun

vilarelho m (plural vilarelhos)

small town or village
Synonyms: aldeola, lugarejo, vilarejo, vilarinho

Further reading

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