coruja

Portuguese

coruja

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Late Latin curusa or of onomatopoetic origin. Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Leonese curuxa, Mirandese queruja and Spanish coruja, curuja.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈɾu.ʒɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈɾu.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈɾu.ʒa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾu.ʒɐ/

• Hyphenation: co‧ru‧ja

Noun

coruja f (plural corujas)

1. owl (a bird)

   Synonym: estrige

   As corujas caçam à noite.

   Owls hunt at night.

Further reading

• “coruja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “coruja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• coruja on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt