búzio
Portuguese
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búzio
Etymology
From Old Portuguese buzỹo, from Latin būcinum (“curved war trumpet”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbu.zi.u/ [ˈbu.zɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbu.zju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbu.zi.o/ [ˈbu.zɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbu.zjo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbu.zju/
- Hyphenation: bú‧zi‧o
Noun
búzio m (plural búzios)
- conch; hence trumpet
- whelk (edible sea snail)
- (Brazil) pearl fisher
- (Brazil) cowrie, cowry (any of the marine mollusks of the genus Cypraea)
Descendants
- → Spanish: buzo