verdilhão

Portuguese

Um verdilhão fêmea

Alternative forms

• verdelhão

Etymology

Alteration of verdelhão, from verdelha, from verde (“green”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [veɦ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [veɦ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [veɾ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [veʁ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɻ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [veɻ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾ.diˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [vɨɾ.ðiˈʎɐ̃w̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾ.diˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [vɨɾ.ðiˈʎɐ̃w̃]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨɾ.diˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [bɨɾ.ðiˈʎɐ̃w̃]

Noun

verdilhão m (plural verdilhões)

1. greenfinch (Chloris chloris, a passerine bird of Europe, Asia and Africa)