linguiça

See also: linguica and lingüiça

English

Noun

linguiça (plural linguiças)

1. Alternative form of linguica

Portuguese

linguiças

Alternative forms

• lingüiça (superseded spelling)
• longariga, longariça (obsolete)
• linguice, longuiça

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin lūcānica, probably through a Vulgar Latin form *lucanicia. Compare Spanish longaniza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lĩˈɡwi.sɐ/

• Hyphenation: lin‧gui‧ça

Noun

linguiça f (plural linguiças)

1. linguica, longaniza, long pork sausage