queijo coalho

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• queijo de coalho
• queijo-de-coalho (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Literally, “curd cheese”.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈke(j).ʒu koˈa.ʎu/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʒu koˈa.ʎu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈke(j).ʒu koˈa.ʎu/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʒu koˈa.ʎu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈke(j).ʒo koˈa.ʎo/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʒo koˈa.ʎo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐj.ʒu ˈkwa.ʎu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐj.ʒu ˈkwa.ʎu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkej.ʒu ˈkwa.ʎu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkej.ʒu ˈkwa.ʎu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈke.ʒu ˈkwa.ʎu/

Noun

queijo coalho m (plural queijos coalhos)

1. (Brazil) a lightweight cheese from cow's milk produced in Northeastern Brazil

Further reading

• queijo coalho on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• queijo coalho on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “queijo coalho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024