tubarão

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Portuguese[edit]

tubarão (Carcharodon carcharias)

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Probably from Old Tupi tubaram, perhaps from older uperú,[1] iperú, with the addition of an initial t- under the influence of another native word (possibly from a different language family like Arawakan).[2]

Compare Spanish tiburón, Galician tiburón, Catalan tauró.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: tu‧ba‧rão

Noun[edit]

tubarão m (plural tubarões)

  1. shark

References[edit]

  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 612
  2. ^ Maria Helena Guedes, O Tubarão Baleia! (2015), page 45

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