língua-de-vaca
Portuguese, noun/ˌlĩ.ɡwɐ.d͡ʒiˈva.kɐ/
língua-de-vaca is spelled L-Í-N-G-U-A-D-E-V-A-C-A (12 letters). Língua-de-vaca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Italian bugloss (Anchusa azurea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécime de cogumelo comestível”.
What does língua-de-vaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineItalian bugloss (Anchusa azurea)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. gravata
noun: 1. espécime de cogumelo comestível
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 língua-de-vaca
- línguas-de-vaca plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce língua-de-vaca?
- Brazil /ˌlĩ.ɡwɐ.d͡ʒiˈva.kɐ/
- Portugal /ˌlĩ.ɡwɐ.dɨˈva.kɐ/
- Portugal [ˌlĩ.ɡwɐ.ðɨˈva.kɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.