polvilho

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Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /powˈvi.ʎu/ [poʊ̯ˈvi.ʎu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /powˈvi.ʎo/ [poʊ̯ˈvi.ʎo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /polˈvi.ʎu/ [poɫˈvi.ʎu], /pɔlˈvi.ʎu/ [pɔɫˈvi.ʎu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /polˈbi.ʎu/ [poɫˈβi.ʎu], /pɔlˈbi.ʎu/ [pɔɫˈβi.ʎu]

Rhymes: -iʎu
Hyphenation: pol‧vi‧lho

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish polvillo.^[1]^[2]

Noun[edit]

polvilho m (plural polvilhos)

powder (fine particles of any dry substance)
cassava starch

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

polvilho

first-person singular present indicative of polvilhar

References[edit]

^ “polvilho” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
^ “polvilho” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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