sabujo

Portuguese

sabujo

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin segusius (compare Italian segugio, Spanish sabueso), from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *segu (“to follow”) (compare Irish seach).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈbu.ʒu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈbu.ʒu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈbu.ʒo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈbu.ʒu/ [sɐˈβu.ʒu]

• Hyphenation: sa‧bu‧jo

Noun

sabujo m (plural sabujos)

1. hound (dog breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting)
2. (figurative) an excessively submissive person