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grilo

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(Anglais)

grilar

(intransitive) to sing like a cricket
(Brazil, slang) to worry (to become or make someone worried)
(Brazil, slang, transitive) to disturb, to pester
(Brazil, transitive) to create false property titles in order to obtain the ownership of lands

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡɾi.lu/

Hérité de latin

gryllus

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *grilo, from Latin gryllus, possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “kind of dance performed in Egypt”).