grilo

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) cricket (insect of the family Gryllidae)
2. (informal, masculine) clock or watch
3. (Brazil, informal, masculine) worry, concern
4. (historical, masculine) one of the barefoot priests of the Order of Saint Augustine

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of grilar

grilar

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

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Concepts

cricket

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grasshopper

crickets

locust

Gryllidae

bell cricket

Synonyms

gafanhoto

grillo

criquete

Gryllidae

Grilos

Translations

grillon

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grillo

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Grille

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krekel

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grillo

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grill

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criquet

γρύλος

Heimchen

cri-cri

kriek

gryllus

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sprinkhaan

کوله

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɾi.lu/

Etymology

Inherited from 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”).