umbigo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ũˈbi.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ũˈbi.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ũˈbi.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ũˈbi.ɡu/ [ũˈbi.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: um‧bi‧go

Etymology 1

umbigo

From Old Galician-Portuguese umbiigo, from Latin umbilīcus.

Alternative forms

• embigo, imbigo (dated or regional)

Noun

umbigo m (plural umbigos)

1. (anatomy) navel (indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals)

Derived terms

• umbigada
• umbigão
• umbigar
• umbigo de freira
• umbigo-branco
• umbigo-de-vênus
• umbigueira
• umbiguinho
• umbiguismo
• umbiguista

 

Related terms

• umbilicado
• umbilical
• umbílico

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

umbigo

1. first-person singular present indicative of umbigar

Further reading

• “umbigo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “umbigo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024