guerrilha

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish guerrilla.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈʁi.ʎɐ/ [ɡeˈhi.ʎɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈʁi.ʎɐ/ [ɡeˈχi.ʎɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈʁi.ʎa/ [ɡeˈhi.ʎa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɨˈʁi.ʎɐ/

Rhymes: -iʎɐ
Hyphenation: guer‧ri‧lha

Noun edit

guerrilha f (plural guerrilhas)

guerrilla (war carried out by small independent groups)
a band of guerrilla fighters

Noun edit

guerrilha m or f by sense (plural guerrilhas)

guerrilla (irregular soldier)

Verb edit

guerrilha

inflection of guerrilhar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

References edit

^ “guerrilha” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
^ “guerrilha” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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