fagulha

Meaning

fagulhar

to spark (to emit sparks)

beluga

scintila

şerare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/faˈɡu.ʎɐ/

Inherited from Latin

facula

Cognate with Sicilian

faviḍḍa

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese fagulla, from a Vulgar Latin root *facucla, from syncopation of *facucula, from Latin facula. Doublet of fácula, a borrowing, and of facha. Compare Sicilian faviḍḍa.

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