coruja
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Possibly from Late Latin curusa or of onomatopoetic origin. Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Leonese curuxa, Mirandese queruja and Spanish coruja, curuja.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: co‧ru‧ja
Noun edit
coruja f (plural corujas)
Further reading edit
- “coruja” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “coruja” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- coruja on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt