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golpelha.

red fox

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡowˈpe.ʎɐ/Brazil[ɡoʊ̯ˈpe.ʎɐ]Brazil/ɡolˈpɐ(j).ʎɐ/Portugal[ɡoɫˈpɐ(j).ʎɐ]Portugal

  1. red fox

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese golpella, from Latin vulpēcula (“fox kit”), diminutive of vulpēs (“fox”), from earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”). Cognate with Spanish vulpeja, Asturian vulpeya, Catalan volpell, Occitan volpìlh, Middle French goupil, Old Italian volpiglio. For the development of the initial consonant, compare gastar.

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