umbigo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ũˈbi.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ũˈbi.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ũˈbi.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ũˈbi.ɡu/ [ũˈbi.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: um‧bi‧go

Etymology 1

umbigo

From Old Galician-Portuguese umbiigo, from Latin umbilīcus.

Alternative forms

• embigo (dated)

Noun

umbigo m (plural umbigos)

1. (anatomy) navel (indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals)

Derived terms

• umbigo de freira
• umbigo-branco
• umbigo-de-vênus

 

Related terms

• umbigada
• umbigar
• umbigueiro
• umbiguismo
• umbiguista
• umbilicado
• umbilical
• umbílico

 

Etymology 2

Verb

umbigo

1. first-person singular present indicative of umbigar