golfinho
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Galician
[edit]Noun
[edit]golfinho m (plural golfinhos, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of golfiño
Further reading
[edit]- “golfinho” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
[edit]![](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Common_Dolphin.jpg/250px-Common_Dolphin.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese golfinno, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín); influenced by golfo (“gulf”).
Compare Galician golfiño, Mirandese golfino and Spanish golfín.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iɲu
- Hyphenation: gol‧fi‧nho
Noun
[edit]golfinho m (plural golfinhos)
- dolphin
- Synonym: delfim
- 2005, Gilson Médici, O Golfinho Dourado [The Golden Dolphin], page 15:
- Era uma vez um golfinho que vivia perto de uma vila de pescadores.
- Once upon a time, there was a dolphin that lived near a village of fishermen.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “golfinho” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “golfinho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “golfinho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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