peixe-lua

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “moon-fish”.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpe(j).ʃiˈlu.ɐ/ [ˌpe(ɪ̯).ʃiˈlu.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpe(j).ʃiˈlu.ɐ/ [ˌpe(ɪ̯).ʃiˈlu.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpe(j).ʃeˈlu.a/ [ˌpe(ɪ̯).ʃeˈlu.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɐj.ʃɨˈlu.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɐj.ʃɨˈlu.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpej.ʃɨˈlu.ɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpej.ʃɨˈlu.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpe.ʃɨˈlu.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: pei‧xe‧-lu‧a

Noun

peixe-lua m (plural peixes-lua or (less common) peixes-luas)

1. sunfish (any fish of the family Molidae)

Further reading

• “peixe-lua”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “peixe-lua”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025