grilo

From German Grille, Italian grillo, French grillon, all from Latin gryllus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrilo/

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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: gri‧lo

grilo (accusative singular grilon, plural griloj, accusative plural grilojn)

1. cricket (insect)

• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: gri‧lo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *grilo, from Latin gryllus, possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “kind of dance performed in Egypt”). Possibly doublet of grelo.

grilo m (plural grilos)

1. cricket (insect)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

grilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of grilar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “grilo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “grilo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “grilo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “grilo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• Rhymes: -ilu
• Hyphenation: gri‧lo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *grilo, from Latin gryllus, possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “kind of dance performed in Egypt”).

grilo m (plural grilos)

1. cricket (insect of the family Gryllidae)
2. (informal) clock or watch
3. (Brazil, informal) worry, concern
4. (historical) one of the barefoot priests of the Order of Saint Augustine

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

grilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of grilar

• “grilo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “grilo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “grilo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025