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etimologia popular

Portuguese, noun/e.t͡ʃi.mo.loˈʒi.ɐ po.puˈlaʁ/

etimologia popular is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “folk etymology (a false but popular etymology)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does etimologia popular mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefolk etymology (a false but popular etymology)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. o mesmo que paretimologia

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of etimologia popular

  • etimologias populares plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce etimologia popular?

  • Brazil /e.t͡ʃi.mo.loˈʒi.ɐ po.puˈlaʁ/
  • Brazil [e.t͡ʃi.mo.loˈʒi.ɐ po.puˈlah]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.