bem-te-vi
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Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “I saw you well”, onomatopoeic from the bird's call.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: bem‧-te‧-vi
Noun[edit]
bem-te-vi m (plural bem-te-vis)
- (Brazil, strictly) great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Synonyms: grande-kiskadi, bem-te-vi-verdadeiro, pitanguá
- (Brazil, broadly) any of various tyrant flycatchers in the subfamily Tyranninae that have a simillar call