enguia

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin anguīlla (presumably from a form *anguīla, to account for the dropped /l/).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈɡi.ɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈɡi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈɡi.a/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈɡi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈɡi.ɐ/

Hyphenation: en‧gui‧a

Noun

enguia f (plural enguias)

eel

Related terms

enguia-elétrica

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