borboleta

== Kabuverdianu == === Etymology === From Portuguese borboleta. === Noun === borboleta butterfly == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese berbeleta of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include: Old Galician-Portuguese *belbeleta, from Vulgar Latin *belbellita, from bellus (“beautiful”). Vulgar Latin *papilitta, from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly”). Cognate with Galician bolboreta. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bor‧bo‧le‧ta === Noun === borboleta f (plural borboletas) (entomology) butterfly, moth Synonym: panapanã (Brazil, swimming) butterfly stroke Synonyms: (Portugal) mariposa, (Brazil) estilo borboleta, (Brazil) nado borboleta (Brazil, informal) vagina (woman's genitalia) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:borboleta. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Kabuverdianu: barbuléta, borboléta, burboléta Papiamentu: barbulètè ==== See also ==== traça (“moth”) === Further reading === borboleta on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt “borboleta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “borboleta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Tetum == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese borboleta (“butterfly”). === Noun === borboleta butterfly