mexilhão

Meaning

1. (masculine) mussel
2. (informal, masculine) vagina (woman's genitalia)

Concepts

mussel

mussels

blue mussel

Mytilus edulis

horse mussels

count

🔢

edible mussel

oyster

🦪

Synonyms

mexilhão-cavalo

Translations

moule

mejillón

mossel

Miesmuschel

cozza

μύδι

Muschel

musclo

mitilo

midye

almeja

mutili

mutilorum

mitili

Pronounced as (IPA)

/me.ʃiˈʎɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: muscellus

Inherited from Latin: musculus

Cognate with Galician: mexillón

Cognate with Spanish: mejillón

In summary

From Iberian Vulgar Latin *musceliōnem (“mussel”), from Latin muscellus, from Latin musculus (“muscle, mussel”). Cognate of Galician mexillón and of Spanish mejillón (“mussel”).