gerbo

Portuguese

Gerbo (Meriones unguiculatus)

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛʁ.bu/ [ˈʒɛɦ.bu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛʁ.bu/ [ˈʒɛɦ.bu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛɾ.bu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛʁ.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛɻ.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛɾ.bu/ [ˈʒɛɾ.βu]

Noun

gerbo m (plural gerbos)

1. jerboa (any of several small rodent of the family Dipodidae)

   Synonym: esquilo-da-mongólia

Further reading

• “gerbo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025