Polyglot Dictionary

pernilongo

/peɾniˈlõɡu/

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 pernilongos

Meaning

  1. mosquito

    • Um pernilongo picou.

      A mosquito bit.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

mosquito

pernilongo is more colloquial or regional, a specific larger mosquito type in some Brazilian regions; mosquito is the standard word.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

mosquito

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

French

moustique

moustique is the French word for the same thing — both mean "mosquito."

Practice

1 What does pernilongo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Um ___ picou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pernilongo?

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