gralho
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#GRALHOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#GRALHO grallo, from Vulgar LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#GRALHOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin#GRALHO *graclu(s), syncopated form of LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#GRALHOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#GRALHO grāculus (“jackdaw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GRALHO *greh₂-k- (“croak”). Compare Spanish grajo, Italian gracchio.
Pronunciation
Noun
gralho m (plural gralhos)Category:Portuguese lemmas#GRALHOCategory:Portuguese nouns#GRALHOCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#GRALHOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#GRALHOCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#GRALHOCategory:Pages with entries#GRALHOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#GRALHO
- jackdaw (Coloeus monedula, a European bird)
- Synonyms: gralha-de-nuca-cinzenta, chuca, cuneta
Related terms
Further reading
- “gralho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “gralho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026