esquírola

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggested origins include:

• from Latin schidia (“chip; splinter”);
• Borrowed from French eschille (“splinter”);
• Ancient Greek σκίρος (skíros, “rock flake”) + -ola (“diminutive suffix”);
• Borrowed from Spanish esquirla.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈki.ɾo.lɐ/, /esˈki.ɾo.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈki.ɾo.lɐ/, /esˈki.ɾo.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈki.ɾo.lɐ/, /eʃˈki.ɾo.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈki.ɾo.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈki.ɾu.lɐ/

Noun

esquírola f (plural esquírolas)

1. (medicine, dated) fragment (small piece of bone that breaks off in a fracture)

   Synonym: fragmento

2. (literary) chip; shard

   Synonyms: lasca, estilhaço