filho
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
filho m (plural filhos, reintegrationist norm)
filho (plural filhos, feminine filha, feminine plural filhas)
Inherited from Latin fīlius. Compare Old Spanish fijo and Mozarabic פליו (flyw).
filho m (plural filhos, feminine filha, feminine plural filhas)
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese filho (“son”), from Latin fīlius (“son”), from Old Latin fīlios (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Compare Galician fillo and Spanish hijo.
filho m (plural filhos, feminine filha, feminine plural filhas)
Usually used in reference to humans, while the offspring of an animal is more often called cria.
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