caveira

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese caaveyra, from Vulgar Latin *calavaria, from Latin calvāria (“skull”).

Cognate with Galician caveira and Spanish calavera and Catalan calavera.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ka.ˈvɐj.ɾɐ/, /ka.ˈvej.ɾɐ/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧vei‧ra

Noun

caveira f (plural caveiras)

  1. (informal) skull

Synonyms

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