ferro-gusa

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ferro gusa (misspelling)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What's the second morpheme, "gusa"?”)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁuˈɡu.zɐ/ [ˌfɛ.huˈɡu.zɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁuˈɡu.zɐ/ [ˌfɛ.huˈɡu.zɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁuˈɡu.zɐ/ [ˌfɛ.χuˈɡu.zɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁoˈɡu.za/ [ˌfɛ.hoˈɡu.za]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁuˈɡu.zɐ/ [ˌfɛ.ʁuˈɣu.zɐ]

• Hyphenation: fer‧ro‧gu‧sa

Noun

ferro-gusa m (uncountable)

1. pig iron

Further reading

• “ferro-gusa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ferro-gusa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026