Polyglot Dictionary

beija-flor

/bejʒɐˈfloɾ/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os beija-flores

Meaning

  1. hummingbird

    Built from beija (kisses (from beijar)) + flor (flower).

    • Um beija-flor pousou na flor.

      A hummingbird landed on the flower.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • beija kisses (from beijar)
  • flor flower

Similar words

colibri

colibri is more scientific or international; beija-flor is more poetic or Brazilian, literally "flower-kisser" — both mean "hummingbird."

Similar in other languages

German

Kolibri

Kolibri is the German word for the same thing — both mean "hummingbird."

Spanish

colibrí

colibrí is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hummingbird."

French

colibri

colibri is the French word for the same thing — both mean "hummingbird."

Practice

1 What does beija-flor mean?

2 Fill the gap: Um ___-flor pousou na flor.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches beija-flor?

nouncompound

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