invólucro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• envólucro (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin involucrum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɔ.lu.kɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɔ.lu.kɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɔ.lu.kɾo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɔ.lu.kɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɔ.lu.kɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈbɔ.lu.kɾu/

• Hyphenation: in‧vó‧lu‧cro

Noun

invólucro m (plural invólucros)

1. that which wraps or covers something

   Synonym: envoltório

2. (botany) bracts or floral leaves around a flower's base