estrige

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strī̆x, strī̆gem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾi.ʒi/, /esˈtɾi.ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾi.ʒi/, /esˈtɾi.ʒi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɾi.ʒi/, /eʃˈtɾi.ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtɾi.ʒe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɾi.ʒɨ/

Noun

estrige f (plural estriges)

1. (ornithology) owl (any bird of prey of the order Strigiformes)

   Synonym: coruja

2. witch

   Synonym: bruxa

Related terms

• estria
• estriga

Further reading

• “estrige”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “estrige” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “estrige”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025