camarão
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cammārus (“lobster”) + -ão, ultimately from Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros). Compare Spanish camarón.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ca‧ma‧rão
Noun[edit]
camarão m (plural camarões)
- shrimp (decapod crustacean)
- (colloquial, derogatory) butterface
- Synonym: Raimunda
Descendants[edit]
- → Nheengatu: kamarãu
Further reading[edit]
Categories:
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -ão
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese colloquialisms
- Portuguese derogatory terms
- pt:Crustaceans
- pt:Seafood