bacalhau

Portuguese

bacalhaus

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Basque bakailao. The Basque term may be either the source or the descendent of the related Dutch kabeljauw, cognates would then include French cabillaud and German Kabeljau.

Cognate to Italian baccalà, Spanish bacalao, Catalan bacallà.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.kɐ.ˈʎaw/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.ka.ˈʎaw/
Hyphenation: ba‧ca‧lhau
Rhymes: -aw

Noun

bacalhau m (plural bacalhaus)

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(Portugal, informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)

Synonyms

(woman's genitalia): See here

Descendants

Hawaiian: pakaliao

Further reading

bacalhau on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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