badalo

Portuguese

badalo (1)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese badalo (“bell-clapper”), from Vulgar Latin *bataclu < *batuaculum, from Latin battuō, battuere (“I beat, I clap”). Cognate with Galician badalo, Spanish badajo, Catalan batall, French batail, Italian batacchio.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈða.lu/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧da‧lo

Noun

badalo m (plural badalos)

  1. clapper (of a bell)
  2. (Portugal, informal, by extension) tongue (human)
  3. (slang) penis

Derived terms

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