borboleta

From Portuguese borboleta.

borboleta

1. butterfly

From Old Galician-Portuguese berbeleta of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:

• Old Galician-Portuguese *belbeleta, from Vulgar Latin *belbellita, from bellus (“beautiful”).
• Vulgar Latin *papilitta, from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly”).

Cognate with Galician bolboreta.

• Hyphenation: bor‧bo‧le‧ta

borboleta f (plural borboletas)

1. (entomology) butterfly, moth

   Synonym: panapanã

2. (Brazil, swimming) butterfly stroke

   Synonyms: (Portugal) mariposa, (Brazil) estilo borboleta, (Brazil) nado borboleta

3. (Brazil, informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:borboleta.

• Kabuverdianu: barbuléta, borboléta, burboléta
• Papiamentu: barbulètè

• traça (“moth”)

• borboleta on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Borrowed from Portuguese borboleta (“butterfly”).

borboleta

1. butterfly