Polyglot Dictionary

besouro

/beˈzoɾu/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os besouros

Meaning

  1. beetle

    • Um besouro voou.

      A beetle flew.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Käfer

Käfer is the German word for the same thing — both mean "beetle."

Spanish

escarabajo

escarabajo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "beetle."

French

scarabée

scarabée is the French word for the same thing — both mean "beetle."

Practice

1 What does besouro mean?

2 Fill the gap: Um ___ voou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches besouro?

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