enguia

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === enguila (Brazil, dialectal) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese anguia, Latin anguīllam, presumably in a form *anguīlam, to account for the elision of the /l/. Cognate with Spanish anguila. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iɐ Hyphenation: en‧gui‧a === Noun === enguia f (plural enguias) eel (elongated fish which resemble snakes) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “enguia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “enguia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “enguia”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026 “enguia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “enguia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026