bexiga

Mezquital Otomi

Etymology

Borrowed from early modern Spanish vexiga (“bladder; blister; balloon”, now vejiga), from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /βéʃíɣà/

Noun

béxíga

  1. blister

References
  • Hernández Cruz, Luis; Victoria Torquemada, Moisés (2010) Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 45)‎ (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 12

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *vēssīca, from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”). Compare Galician vexiga, Spanish vejiga, Catalan veixiga, French vessie, Italian vescica and Romanian bășică.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨ.ˈʃi.ɣɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /be.ˈʃi.ɡa/
  • Hyphenation: be‧xi‧ga

Noun

bexiga f (plural bexigas)

  1. bladder
  2. balloon

Synonyms
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