pomba

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese poomba (13th century: Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (dark-colored, gray).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔmba̝/

Noun

pomba f (plural pombas)

  1. pigeon, dove
  2. vane, blade (of a turbine)
    Synonym: pena

Derived terms

References


Portuguese

pomba Columba oenas

Etymology

From Old Portuguese poomba, paomba, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (dark-colored, gray).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpõ.bɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpõ.ba/, /ˈpõ.bɐ/
  • Hyphenation: pom‧ba

Noun

pomba f (plural pombas)

  1. pigeon, dove
  2. (slang) penis
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