coruja

Portuguese

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): /kuˈɾu.ʒɐ/, /koˈɾu.ʒɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾu.ʒɐ/

• Rhymes: -uʒɐ
• Hyphenation: co‧ru‧ja

Noun

coruja f (plural corujas)

1. owl (a bird)

   Synonym: estrige

   As corujas caçam à noite.

   Owls hunt at night.

2. (figurative) night person

   Synonyms: (Brazil) bacurau, noctívago

Derived terms

• coruja-açor-da-papua
• coruja-alvinegra
• coruja-azeiteira
• coruja-buraqueira
• coruja-castanha
• coruja-das-neves
• coruja-das-torres
• coruja-de-crista
• coruja-do-mato
• coruja-do-nabal
• coruja-moura
• corujão
• corujar
• corujinha
• corujona

Adjective

coruja m or f (plural corujas)

1. (informal, of a parent) overprotective
2. (figurative) nocturnal

   Synonym: noctívago

Further reading

• “coruja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “coruja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “coruja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• coruja on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt