"pérola" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛ.ɾo.lɐ/ [Brazil], /ˈpɛ.ɾo.lɐ/ [Brazil], /ˈpɛ.ɾo.la/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈpɛ.ɾu.lɐ/ [Portugal], /ˈpɛ.ɾɔ.la/ [Northeast-Brazil], /ˈpɛ.ɾu.lɐ/ (note: Rural Central Brazil) Forms: pérolas [plural]
Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛɾulɐ Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese perla, from Italian perla (“pearl”). Etymology templates: {{uder|pt|roa-opt|perla}} Old Galician-Portuguese perla, {{uder|pt|it|perla||pearl}} Italian perla (“pearl”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} pérola f (plural pérolas)
  1. pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-pérola-pt-noun-nKhQJTjk
  2. (figuratively) a highly valuable thing or person; a gem Tags: feminine, figuratively Categories (topical): Birthstones
    Sense id: en-pérola-pt-noun-rYdFYmF- Disambiguation of Birthstones: 21 51 28
  3. (slang, Brazil) faux pas; blunder Tags: Brazil, feminine, slang Synonyms: cagada, deslize
    Sense id: en-pérola-pt-noun-O18CYUQl Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese undefined derivations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 21 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 26 48 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 24 33 43 Disambiguation of Portuguese undefined derivations: 20 33 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dar pérolas a porcos, madrepérola Related terms: emperolado, emperolar, perolado, perolar, peroleira, perolífero, perolino, perolizado, perolizar

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dar pérolas a porcos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "madrepérola"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "perla"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese perla",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "perla",
        "4": "",
        "5": "pearl"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian perla (“pearl”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese perla, from Italian perla (“pearl”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pérolas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "pérola f (plural pérolas)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pé‧ro‧la"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "emperolado"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "emperolar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "perolado"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "perolar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "peroleira"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "perolífero"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "perolino"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "perolizado"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "perolizar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)"
      ],
      "id": "en-pérola-pt-noun-nKhQJTjk",
      "links": [
        [
          "pearl",
          "pearl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "21 51 28",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Birthstones",
          "orig": "pt:Birthstones",
          "parents": [
            "Gems",
            "Jewelry",
            "Mineralogy",
            "Clothing",
            "Geology",
            "Human",
            "Earth sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a highly valuable thing or person; a gem"
      ],
      "id": "en-pérola-pt-noun-rYdFYmF-",
      "links": [
        [
          "gem",
          "gem"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) a highly valuable thing or person; a gem"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Brazilian Portuguese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "35 21 44",
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 26 48",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 33 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "20 33 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "faux pas; blunder"
      ],
      "id": "en-pérola-pt-noun-O18CYUQl",
      "links": [
        [
          "faux pas",
          "faux pas"
        ],
        [
          "blunder",
          "blunder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, Brazil) faux pas; blunder"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cagada"
        },
        {
          "word": "deslize"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛ.ɾo.lɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛ.ɾo.lɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛ.ɾo.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛ.ɾu.lɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛ.ɾɔ.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Northeast-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛ.ɾu.lɐ/",
      "note": "Rural Central Brazil"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Portugal) -ɛɾulɐ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pt:pérola"
  ],
  "word": "pérola"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Portuguese 3-syllable words",
    "Portuguese countable nouns",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese feminine nouns",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese nouns",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Italian",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Portuguese undefined derivations",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛɾulɐ",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛɾulɐ/3 syllables",
    "pt:Birthstones"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dar pérolas a porcos"
    },
    {
      "word": "madrepérola"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "perla"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese perla",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "perla",
        "4": "",
        "5": "pearl"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian perla (“pearl”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese perla, from Italian perla (“pearl”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pérolas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "pérola f (plural pérolas)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pé‧ro‧la"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "emperolado"
    },
    {
      "word": "emperolar"
    },
    {
      "word": "perolado"
    },
    {
      "word": "perolar"
    },
    {
      "word": "peroleira"
    },
    {
      "word": "perolífero"
    },
    {
      "word": "perolino"
    },
    {
      "word": "perolizado"
    },
    {
      "word": "perolizar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pearl",
          "pearl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a highly valuable thing or person; a gem"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gem",
          "gem"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) a highly valuable thing or person; a gem"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Brazilian Portuguese",
        "Portuguese slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "faux pas; blunder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "faux pas",
          "faux pas"
        ],
        [
          "blunder",
          "blunder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, Brazil) faux pas; blunder"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cagada"
        },
        {
          "word": "deslize"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛ.ɾo.lɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛ.ɾo.lɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛ.ɾo.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛ.ɾu.lɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛ.ɾɔ.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Northeast-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛ.ɾu.lɐ/",
      "note": "Rural Central Brazil"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Portugal) -ɛɾulɐ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pt:pérola"
  ],
  "word": "pérola"
}

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