miúdo

Significat (anglès)

Adj

1. small
2. smallish

Noun

1. (masculine,plural-normally) child
2. (masculine,plural-normally) an internal organ used as offal (food)

Adv

lightly

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[miˈuðʊ]

Etimologia (anglès)

From Old Galician-Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“I diminish”). Doublet of minuto.

Sents

Por exemplo a miúdo a palabra " rei " substituíuse pola palabra " estado ".

For example, the word "king" is often replaced by the word "state."

A miúdo cultívase coma ornamental .

It is often grown as an ornamental.

A auga nestas baías está a miúdo moi turbia cos refugallos do cultivo.

The water in these bays is often very murky with the debris from the crop.