grilo

From German Grille, Italian grillo, French grillon, all from Latin gryllus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡrilo]
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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: gri‧lo

grilo (accusative singular grilon, plural griloj, accusative plural grilojn)

1. cricket (insect)

Attested, as a surname, in 1308. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɾilʊ]

grilo m (plural grilos)

1. cricket (insect)

• grilo rei

• “grilo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “grilo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “grilo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “grilo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

grilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of grilar

• Hyphenation: gri‧lo

From Old Galician-Portuguese grilo, from Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).

grilo m (plural grilos)

1. cricket (insect of the family Gryllidae)
2. (informal) clock or watch
3. (Brazil, informal) worry, concern
4. (historical) one of the barefoot priests of the Order of Saint Augustine

grilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of grilar