morcego

== Galician == === Alternative forms === murcego, muricego === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese murcego, from Vulgar Latin *mūrem caecum (“blind mouse”). Compare Portuguese morcego, Spanish murciélago. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: mor‧ce‧go === Noun === morcego m (plural morcegos) bat (any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera) Synonym: quiróptero ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “morcego”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morcego”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “morcego”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morcego”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese murcego, from Vulgar Latin *mūrem caecus, by surface analysis, mure (“mouse”) +‎ cego (“blind”). Compare Galician morcego, Spanish murciélago. ==== Alternative forms ==== morcêgo (pre-reform spelling) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /mohˈse.ɡu/ Rhymes: -eɡu Hyphenation: mor‧ce‧go ==== Noun ==== morcego m (plural morcegos, feminine (uncommon) morcega, feminine plural (uncommon) morcegas) bat (any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera) Synonym: quiróptero (figurative, colloquial) night person ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Ambonese Malay: mursegu === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /mohˈsɛ.ɡu/ Rhymes: -ɛɡu Hyphenation: mor‧ce‧go ==== Verb ==== morcego first-person singular present indicative of morcegar === Further reading === “morcego”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “morcego”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026