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grilo.

cricket (insect of the family Gryllidae)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡɾi.lu/Brazil/ˈɡɾi.lu/Portugal
  1. cricket (insect of the family Gryllidae)

    masculine
  2. clock or watch

    informal · masculine
  3. worry, concern

    Brazil · informal · masculine
  4. one of the barefoot priests of the Order of Saint Augustine

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *grilo, from Latin gryllus, possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “kind of dance performed in Egypt”), possibly borrowed from Egyptian.

verb/ˈɡɾi.lu/Brazil/ˈɡɾi.lu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of grilar

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