Noun: golfinho
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | golfinho |
| Plural m | golfinhos |
Sample Sentences
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Era uma vez um golfinho que vivia perto de uma vila de pescadores. (Once upon a time, there was a dolphin that lived near a village of fishermen.) [2005, Gilson Médici, O Golfinho Dourado [The Golden Dolphin], page 15:]
Nouns inflected like golfinho
egocentrismo,
lantanídeo,
lantanídio,
miligrama,
flash card,
decímetro,
fingimento,
mililitro,
parassuicídio,
algómetro,
ancoradouro,
ancoradoiro,
escândalo,
sereio,
sereno,
sestro,
seguro,
senado,
enlatamento,
Dezembro, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese golfinno, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín); influenced by golfo (“gulf”).
2. Compare Galician golfiño, Mirandese golfino and Spanish golfín. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
golfinno', Old Portuguese Nouns '
golfinno', Galician Nouns '
golfiño', Spanish Nouns '
golfín'.
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