Polyglot Dictionary

mexilhão

/meʃiˈʎɐ̃w/

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
mexilhões

Meaning

  1. mussel

    • Comemos mexilhão.

      We ate mussels.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Miesmuschel

Miesmuschel is the German word for the same thing — both mean "mussel."

Spanish

mejillón

mejillón is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "mussel."

French

moule

moule is the French word for the same thing — both mean "mussel."

Practice

1 What does mexilhão mean?

2 Fill the gap: Comemos ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mexilhão?

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