filhó
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese folloa, from Vulgar Latin *foliola, diminutive of Latin folium. Compare Galician filloa, Spanish hojuela.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɔ
- Hyphenation: fi‧lhó
Noun edit
filhó f (plural filhós)
- (cooking) a traditional christmas treat prepared with eggs and flour, fried in olive oil; beignet, fritter
Descendants edit
- → Japanese: 飛竜頭 (hiryūzu, hiryōzu, hirōsu)
Further reading edit
- filhó on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
- “filhó” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “filhó” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.