fagulha

== Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese fagulla, from a Vulgar Latin root *facucla, from syncopation of *facucula, from Latin facula. Doublet of fácula, a borrowing, and of facha. Compare Sicilian faviḍḍa. ==== Alternative forms ==== faúlha ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== fagulha f (plural fagulhas) spark (particle of glowing matter) Synonyms: faísca, faúlha, chispa ===== Derived terms ===== fagulhar === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== fagulha inflection of fagulhar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “fagulha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fagulha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026