besouro

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese abesouro (“beetle”), of unknown origin. Maybe from Latin avis aurea (“golden bird”) or from Spanish abejorro, from abeja (“bee”) + -orro (“augmentative suffix”). Or, possibly imitative of the wing's sounds.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨ.ˈzow.ɾu/, /bɨ.ˈzo.ɾu/
  • Hyphenation: be‧sou‧ro

Noun

besouro m (plural besouros)

  1. beetle
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