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piolho.

louse (insect)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/piˈo.ʎu/Brazil/ˈpjo.ʎu/Brazil/ˈpjo.ʎu/Portugal

  1. louse (insect)

    masculine

  2. fog

    Azores · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese peollo, from Late Latin peduclus < peduculus, variant of Latin pēdīculus, diminutive of pēdis (“louse”), from Proto-Indo-European *pezd-. Compare Galician piollo, Spanish piojo, Catalan poll, French pou.

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