flagelo

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flaˈʒelu/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐˈʒelu/

flagelo m (plural flagelos)

1. scourge; a whip, especially one used to hit people
2. scourge (a persistent pest, illness, or source of trouble)
3. bane, a cause of suffering or source of pain and anguish
4. (microbiology) flagellum (whip-like appendage in bacteria and protists)

• (whip): chicote, açoite, látego, relho, habena

From Latin flagellum.

flagelo m (plural flagelos)

1. A whip.
2. (biology) flagellum
3. calamity, sorrow, affliction
4. disaster

flagelo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of flagelar.