coalho

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈa.ʎu/, /kuˈa.ʎu/ [kʊˈa.ʎu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkwa.ʎu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈa.ʎu/, /kuˈa.ʎu/ [kʊˈa.ʎu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkwa.ʎu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈa.ʎo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.ʎu/

• Rhymes: -aʎu
• Hyphenation: co‧a‧lho

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese quallo, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin quāglum, from Latin coāgulum following syncopation. Doublet of coágulo, which is a borrowing.

Noun

coalho m (plural coalhos)

1. curdling, coagulation
2. milk curd
3. (anatomy) abomasum (fourth stomach compartment of a ruminant)

Related terms

• coágulo
• coalhada
• coalhar
• queijo coalho

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

coalho

1. first-person singular present indicative of coalhar

Further reading

• “coalho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “coalho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026