tubarão
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See also: Tubarão
Portuguese[edit]
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)
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tubarão” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “tubarão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- tubarão on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt