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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

ilha.

island

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈi.ʎɐ/Brazil/ˈi.ʎɐ/Portugal
  1. island

    feminine
  2. a group of houses in a poor area of a town

    feminine · slang
  3. a person who stands alone in defense of an idea

    common · feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese illa, from Old Catalan illa, from Vulgar Latin *īsula, from Latin īnsula, whence also Spanish isla, Italian isola, French île and English isle. Doublet of inherited ínsua, from Old Galician-Portuguese inssoa, as well as the learned borrowing ínsula; both of these are rare or specialist.

verb/ˈi.ʎɐ/Brazil/ˈi.ʎɐ/Portugal
  1. inflection of ilhar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of ilhar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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