sarilho

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sarillo, from earlier *serillo, from Vulgar Latin *sericlum < *sericulum, from Latin sēricum (“silk”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈɾi.ʎu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈɾi.ʎu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈɾi.ʎo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈɾi.ʎu/

• Hyphenation: sa‧ri‧lho

Noun

sarilho m (plural sarilhos)

1. reel; spool (cylinder around which a cable is wound)
2. (colloquial, usually in the plural) trouble