jacaré
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See also: jacare
Galician
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Noun
[edit]jacaré m (plural jacarés)
Further reading
[edit]- “jacaré” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Tupi îakaré, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jakare.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Hyphenation: ja‧ca‧ré
Noun
[edit]jacaré m (plural jacarés, feminine (informal) jacaroa, feminine plural (informal) jacaroas)(chiefly Brazil)
- any crocodilian of the family Alligatoridae
- (strictly) caiman (any crocodilian of the subfamily Caimaninae)
- Synonym: caimão
Usage notes
[edit]- The gender of this Portuguese word is always masculine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “jacaré-macho” for male, and “jacaré-fêmea” for female.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (crocodilians) crocodilianos; aligátor, caimão, crocodilo, gavial, jacaré
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “jacaré”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Categories:
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician terms spelled with J
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Reptiles
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Tupi
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛ/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Brazilian Portuguese
- pt:Crocodilians