casulo
Portuguese
editEtymology
editAlteration of casula,[1][2] from Latin casula (“little cottage, hooded cloak”), a diminutive of casa (“house”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ulu
- Hyphenation: ca‧su‧lo
Noun
editcasulo m (plural casulos)
- cocoon (the silky case that protects the chrysalis of insects)
- (figurative, by extension) cocoon (any protective case, real or metaphorical)
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:casulo.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “casulo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “casulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024