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enguia.

eel (elongated fish which resemble snakes)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ẽˈɡi.ɐ/Brazil/ĩˈɡi.ɐ/Brazil/ẽˈɡi.ɐ/Portugal
  1. eel (elongated fish which resemble snakes)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ-der. ▲ Latin anguisinflu. Latin anguīlla Old Galician-Portuguese anguia Portuguese enguia Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese anguia, Latin anguīllam, presumably in a form *anguīlam, to account for the elision of the /l/. Cognate with Spanish anguila.

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