chocalho
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
From choca + -alho, from Old Galician-Portuguese choca, from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”), from Gaulish *clocca, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *klak.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aʎu
- Hyphenation: cho‧ca‧lho
Noun edit
chocalho m (plural chocalhos)
- bell, cowbell (a small bell worn by cows and other animals)
- (music) shaker
- rattle (baby's toy)
- Synonym: guizo
- (zoology) rattle (organ of an animal producing a rattling sound)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- chocalho on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
chocalho