migalha

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese *migalla, from Hispanic Vulgar Latin *micalia, from Latin mīca (“crumb”). Alternatively derived from miga +‎ -alha. Compare Galician migalla, Spanish migaja.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mi.ˈɡa.ʎa/, /mi.ˈɡa.ʎɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mi.ˈɣa.ʎɐ/

Noun

migalha f (plural migalhas)

  1. crumb (small piece of bread, biscuit, cake, etc)
  2. very small quantity of objects

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