Mirandese

Noun

filho ‎(plural filhos, feminine filha, feminine plural filhas)

1. son

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fío (eye dialect, Caipira)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese fillo ‎(“son”), from Latin fīlius ‎(“son”), from Old Latin fīlios ‎(“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os ‎(“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- ‎(“to suck”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ʎu/

Noun

filho m (plural filhos, feminine filha, feminine plural filhas)

1. son (male offspring)
2. child (offspring of any sex)
3. (informal) son (term of address for a younger male)
4. (somewhat poetic) son; child (any descendant)
5. child (any person or thing heavily influenced by something else)
6. (graph theory) child (a node, of a tree, that has a parent node)

Usage notes

Usually used in reference to humans, while the offspring of an animal is more often called filhote.

Synonyms

• (offspring): rebento
• (used to address a younger male): (meu filho), rapaz, jovem
• (descendant): descendente

Derived terms

• filhinho (diminutive)
• filhão (augmentative)
• filho da mãe
• filho da puta
• filho de Deus
• filho de santo
• meu filho

Related terms

Descendants

• Indo-Portuguese: filh
• Kabuverdianu: fidju