pérola
Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese perla, from Italian perla (“pearl”).
Pronunciation
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- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ɾɔ.la/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ɾu.lɐ/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛɾulɐ
- Hyphenation: pé‧ro‧la
Noun
[edit]pérola f (plural pérolas)
- pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)
- (figuratively) a highly valuable thing or person; a gem
- (slang, Brazil) faux pas; blunder
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Tetum
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese pérola.
Noun
[edit]pérola
Categories:
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Italian
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛɾulɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛɾulɐ/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese slang
- Brazilian Portuguese
- pt:Birthstones
- Tetum terms borrowed from Portuguese
- Tetum terms derived from Portuguese
- Tetum lemmas
- Tetum nouns