ouriço
Portuguese
ouriço (Erinaceus europaeus)
ouriço (2)
ouriço (Paracentrotus lividus)
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ouriço, from Latin ēricius (“hedgehog”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *auricius), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”).
Cognate with Galician ourizo, Asturian oriciu, Spanish erizo (Santander dialect orizo), Catalan eriçó (dialectal oriç), Occitan eriç, French hérisson (cf. also oursin), Italian riccio and Romanian arici.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o(w)ˈɾi.su/ [o(ʊ̯)ˈɾi.su]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o(w)ˈɾi.so/ [o(ʊ̯)ˈɾi.so]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /o(w)ˈɾi.su/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /owˈɾi.su/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /oˈɾi.su/
- Hyphenation: ou‧ri‧ço
Noun
ouriço m (plural ouriços)
- hedgehog
- Synonym: ouriço-cacheiro
- O ouriço usa os seus espinhos para se proteger dos predadores.
- The hedgehog uses its quills to protect itself from predators.
- chestnut burr
- sea urchin
- Synonym: ouriço-do-mar
- Quando penetram a pele humana, os espinhos do ouriço infligem uma ferida dolorosa.
- The sea urchin's spines inflict a painful wound when they penetrate human skin.
Related terms
Further reading
ouriço on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
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