migalha
Galician
Noun
migalha f (plural migalhas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of migalla
Further reading
- “migalha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mīcacula, diminutive from Latin mīca (“crumb”). Synchronically miga + -alha.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈɡa.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈɡa.ʎa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /miˈɡa.ʎɐ/ [miˈɣa.ʎɐ]
- Rhymes: -aʎɐ
- Hyphenation: mi‧ga‧lha
Noun
migalha f (plural migalhas)
- crumb (small piece of bread, biscuit, cake, etc)
- very small quantity of objects
Related terms
Further reading
- “migalha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “migalha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “migalha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025