luz-em-cu
Appearance
Portuguese
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of luz (“light”) + em (“in”) + cu (“ass”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -u
Noun
[edit]luz-em-cu m (plural luz-em-cus)
- (Portugal) firefly
- 1995, Lídia Jorge, O dia dos prodígios, Leya, →ISBN, page 51:
- Agora todos os pensamentos são amargos sob os ímpetos malcontidos. Nem um luz-em-cu atravessa o quarto.
- Now all thoughts are bitter under the barely restrained impulses. Not even a firefly crosses the room.
Further reading
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- pt:Elateroid beetles