crocodilo

Galician

Etymology

From Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾokoˈdilo/ [kɾo.koˈð̞i.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: cro‧co‧di‧lo

Noun

crocodilo m (plural crocodilos)

1. crocodile

Further reading

• “crocodilo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Crocodilo

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾo.koˈd͡ʒi.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾo.koˈd͡ʒi.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾo.koˈd͡ʒi.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾu.kuˈdi.lu/ [kɾu.kuˈði.lu]

• Hyphenation: cro‧co‧di‧lo

Noun

crocodilo m (plural crocodilos)

1. crocodile

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾokoˈdilo/ [kɾo.koˈð̞i.lo]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: cro‧co‧di‧lo

Noun

crocodilo m (plural crocodilos)

1. Rare form of cocodrilo.

Further reading

• “crocodilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014