restolho

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *restuclu < *restucŭlum (compare Spanish rastrojo, restojo, Aragonese restollo, Catalan rostoll, restoll, Occitan restolh, cf. also southern Italian dialectal restuccio), variant of *restupŭlum (compare Catalan and Occitan restoble), from a verb *restupulāre, from stupula, alteration of Latin stipula.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁesˈto.ʎu/ [hesˈto.ʎu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁesˈto.ʎu/ [hesˈto.ʎu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeʃˈto.ʎu/ [χeʃˈto.ʎu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁesˈto.ʎo/ [hesˈto.ʎo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨʃˈto.ʎu/

• Hyphenation: res‧to‧lho

Noun

restolho m (plural restolhos)

1. stubble (short stalk left in a field after harvest)