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badalo.

clapper (of a bell)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/baˈda.lu/Brazil/bɐˈda.lu/Portugal[bɐˈða.lu]Portugal/bɐˈda.lu/Portugal, Southern
  1. clapper (of a bell)

    masculine
  2. tongue (human)

    Portugal · broadly · informal · masculine
  3. penis

    masculine · slang
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese badalo (“bell-clapper”), from Vulgar Latin *batāclum, from contraction of *ba(t)tuāculum, from Latin battuere (“to beat, to clap”). Cognate with Galician badal, Spanish badajo, Catalan batall, French batail, Italian batacchio.

verb/baˈda.lu/Brazil/bɐˈda.lu/Portugal[bɐˈða.lu]Portugal/bɐˈda.lu/Portugal, Southern
  1. first-person singular present indicative of badalar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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