borboleta
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese borboleta.
Noun
[edit]borboleta
Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese berbeleta of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:
- Old Galician-Portuguese *belbeleta, from Vulgar Latin *belbellita, from bellus (“beautiful”).
- Vulgar Latin *papilitta, from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly”).
Cognate with Galician bolboreta.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: bor‧bo‧le‧ta
Noun
[edit]borboleta f (plural borboletas)
- (entomology) butterfly, moth
- Synonym: panapanã
- (Brazil, swimming) butterfly stroke
- Synonyms: (Portugal) mariposa, (Brazil) estilo borboleta, (Brazil) nado borboleta
- (Brazil, informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:borboleta.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]- traça (“moth”)
Further reading
[edit]borboleta on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Tetum
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese borboleta (“butterfly”).
Noun
[edit]borboleta
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