búzio
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese buzỹo, from Latin būcinum (“curved war trumpet”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bú‧zi‧o
Noun edit
búzio m (plural búzios)
- conch; hence trumpet
- whelk (edible sea snail)
- (Brazil) pearl fisher
- (Brazil) cowrie, cowry (any of the marine mollusks of the genus Cypraea)
Descendants edit
- → Spanish: buzo