bexiga

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *vēssīca, from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”). Compare Galician vexiga, Spanish vejiga, Catalan veixiga, French vessie, Italian vescica and Romanian bășică.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.ˈʃi.ɣɐ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ˈʃi.ɡa/
Hyphenation: be‧xi‧ga

Noun

bexiga f (plural bexigas)

Synonyms

(balloon): balão

Related terms

vesícula

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.