carcará

Portuguese

carcará

Alternative forms

• caracará

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi karakará.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.kaˈɾa/ [kah.kaˈɾa]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.kaˈɾa/ [kah.kaˈɾa]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.kaˈɾa/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.kaˈɾa/ [kaχ.kaˈɾa]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻ.kaˈɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.kɐˈɾa/

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: car‧ca‧rá

Noun

carcará m (plural carcarás)

1. southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus)
2. (broadly) caracara (any of several South American birds of prey)

Derived terms

• carcará-andino
• carcará-de-guadalupe
• carcará-do-norte