polvilho

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /powˈvi.ʎu/ [poʊ̯ˈvi.ʎu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /powˈvi.ʎu/ [poʊ̯ˈvi.ʎu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /powˈvi.ʎo/ [poʊ̯ˈvi.ʎo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /polˈvi.ʎu/ [poɫˈvi.ʎu], /pɔlˈvi.ʎu/ [pɔɫˈvi.ʎu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /polˈvi.ʎu/ [poɫˈvi.ʎu], /pɔlˈvi.ʎu/ [pɔɫˈvi.ʎu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /polˈbi.ʎu/ [poɫˈβi.ʎu], /pɔlˈbi.ʎu/ [pɔɫˈβi.ʎu]

• Rhymes: -iʎu
• Hyphenation: pol‧vi‧lho

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish polvillo.

Noun

polvilho m (plural polvilhos)

1. powder (fine particles of any dry substance)
2. cassava starch

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

polvilho

1. first-person singular present indicative of polvilhar