búzio

Portuguese

búzio

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese buzỹo, from Latin būcinum (“curved war trumpet”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.zi.u/ [ˈbu.zɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbu.zju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.zi.u/ [ˈbu.zɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbu.zju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.zi.o/ [ˈbu.zɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbu.zjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.zju/

• Hyphenation: bú‧zi‧o

Noun

búzio m (plural búzios)

1. conch; hence trumpet
2. whelk (edible sea snail)
3. (Brazil) pearl fisher
4. (Brazil) cowrie, cowry (any of the marine mollusks of the genus Cypraea)

Descendants

• → Spanish: buzo