borboleta

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese borboleta.

Noun

borboleta

butterfly

Portuguese

Borboleta

Etymology

From Old Portuguese berbeleta of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:

Old Portuguese *belbeleta, from Vulgar Latin *belbellita, from bellus (“beautiful”).
Vulgar Latin *papilitta, from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly”).

Cognate with Galician bolboreta.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /buɾ.βu.ˈle.tɐ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /boʁ.bo.ˈle.ta/, /boʁ.bo.ˈle.tɐ/
Hyphenation: bor‧bo‧le‧ta

Noun

borboleta f (plural borboletas)

(entomology) butterfly
Synonym: panapanã
(swimming) butterfly stroke
Synonyms: estilo borboleta, nado borboleta
(informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:borboleta.

Derived terms

Descendants

Kabuverdianu: barbuléta, borboléta, burboléta
Papiamentu: barbulètè

See also

traça (“moth”)

Further reading

borboleta on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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