mexilhão
Meaning
- (masculine) mussel
- (informal,masculine) vagina (woman's genitalia)
Hyphenated as
me‧xi‧lhão
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/me.ʃiˈʎɐ̃w̃/
Etymology
From Iberian Vulgar Latin *musceliōnem (“mussel”), from Latin muscellus, from Latin musculus (“muscle, mussel”). Cognate of Galician mexillón and of Spanish mejillón (“mussel”).
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