Feminine
pérola
Meaning
- (feminine) pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)
- (feminine, figuratively) a highly valuable thing or person; a gem
- (Brazil, feminine, slang) faux pas; blunder
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pé‧ro‧la
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɛ.ɾo.lɐ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese perla, from Italian perla (“pearl”).
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