borboleta

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese borboleta.

Noun

borboleta

1. butterfly

Portuguese

Borboleta

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese berbeleta of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:

• Old Galician-Portuguese *belbeleta, from Vulgar Latin *belbellita, from bellus (“beautiful”).
• Vulgar Latin *papilitta, from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly”).

Cognate with Galician bolboreta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boʁ.boˈle.tɐ/ [boɦ.boˈle.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boʁ.boˈle.tɐ/ [boɦ.boˈle.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /boɾ.boˈle.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /boʁ.boˈle.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boɻ.boˈle.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buɾ.buˈle.tɐ/ [buɾ.βuˈle.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: bor‧bo‧le‧ta

Noun

borboleta f (plural borboletas)

1. (entomology) butterfly, moth

   Synonym: panapanã

2. (Brazil, swimming) butterfly stroke

   Synonyms: (Portugal) mariposa, (Brazil) estilo borboleta, (Brazil) nado borboleta

3. (Brazil, informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:borboleta.

Derived terms

• borboletário
• borboletear
• efeito borboleta
• gravata borboleta

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: barbuléta, borboléta, burboléta
• Papiamentu: barbulètè

See also

• traça (“moth”)

Further reading

• borboleta on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese borboleta (“butterfly”).

Noun

borboleta

1. butterfly