cogumelo

Portuguese

cogumelos

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cucumellus, diminutive of Latin cucuma (“large cooking vessel”). Compare Galician cogomelo, Occitan cocomèla and Sardinian cugumeddu.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.ɣu.ˈmɛ.lu/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ɡu.ˈmɛ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ɡu.ˈmɛ.lo/
  • Hyphenation: co‧gu‧mé‧lo

Noun

cogumelo m (plural cogumelos)

  1. mushroom

Descendants

  • Spanish: gurumelo

See also

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