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besouro.

beetle (any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/biˈzo(w).ɾu/Brazil[biˈzo(ʊ̯).ɾu]Brazil/beˈzo(w).ɾu/Brazil[beˈzo(ʊ̯).ɾu]Brazil
  1. beetle (any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese abesouro (“beetle”), of unknown origin. Maybe from Latin avis aurea (“golden bird”) or from Spanish abejorro, from abeja (“bee”) + -orro (“augmentative suffix”). Or, possibly imitative of the wing's sounds. Cognate with Galician abesouro (“bumblebee”).

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