cerquinho

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin quercinus (“oaken”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈkĩ.ɲu/ [sehˈkĩ.j̃u]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾˈkĩ.ɲu/ [seɾˈkĩ.j̃u]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁˈkĩ.ɲu/ [seχˈkĩ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻˈki.ɲo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈki.ɲu/

Hyphenation: cer‧qui‧nho

Noun

cerquinho m (plural cerquinhos)

Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea, an oak of the western Mediterranean region)
Synonym: carvalho-português

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