gralha
Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan [Term?], from a Vulgar Latin root *gracla, syncopated form of Late Latin grācula, from Latin grāculus. Compare Catalan gralla, French grolle.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
gralha f (plural gralhas)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese gralla, from a Vulgar Latin root *gracla, syncopated form of Late Latin grācula, from Latin grāculus, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”). Compare Spanish grajo, graja, Catalan gralla, Italian gracchia.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aʎɐ
- Hyphenation: gra‧lha
Noun edit
gralha f (plural gralhas)
- jay (bird)
- Synonym: gaio
- (colloquial) chatterbox
- typo, error