What does esquilo in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word esquilo in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use esquilo in Portuguese.

The word esquilo in Portuguese means squirrel, esquilo, esquilo, Ésquilo, ninho de esquilo, esquilo-cinzento, esquilo-cinzento, macaco esquilo. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word esquilo

squirrel

esquilo

noun (animal: tree-dwelling rodent)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
O esquilo estava sentado no galho da árvore.
A squirrel was sitting on the branch of the tree.

esquilo

noun (North American rodent) (tipo de)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
The gophers have torn up my garden and lawn.

Ésquilo

noun (ancient Greek playwright)

(substantivo próprio: Substantivos que particularizam, nomeiam pessoas, cidades, etc. Devem sempre ser grafados com maiúsculas. Ex. Roma, Shakespeare, Grécia, etc.)

ninho de esquilo

noun (squirrel's nest)

esquilo-cinzento

noun (animal: North American rodent)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
It's always entertaining to watch a grey squirrel trying to get food from a bird feeder.

esquilo-cinzento

noun (animal: Eurasian rodent) (esquilo nativo da América do Norte)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
Numbers of red squirrels in some European countries have declined since the introduction of the grey squirrel from North America.

macaco esquilo

noun (animal: small simian that lives in trees) (pequeno macaco que vive nas árvores)

(expressão: Para as expressões idiomáticas, ditados populares, expressões em geral. Ex. "gato escaldado tem medo de água fria"; "cara de pau".)

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