fígado

See also: figado

Galician

Fígado dunha ovella (sheep's liver)

Alternative forms

fédago, fégado

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin fīcātum (“liver”), from Latin iecur fīcātum (“fig-stuffed liver”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (standard) [ˈfiɣɐðʊ], [ˈfiħɐðʊ]
Audio (file)

Noun

fígado m (plural fígados)

liver (organ or food)

References

“fígado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“fígado” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“fígado” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

fígado

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin fīcātum (“liver”), from Latin iecur fīcātum (“fig-stuffed liver”). Compare Spanish hígado, Italian fegato.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ɡa.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ɡa.do/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ɡɐ.du/ [ˈfi.ɣɐ.ðu]

Hyphenation: fí‧ga‧do

Noun

fígado m (plural fígados)

(anatomy) liver (organ of human or animal)
(cooking) liver (organ of animal used as food)

Further reading

fígado on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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