escorpião

See also: Escorpião

Portuguese

Um escorpião preto – A black scorpion

Alternative forms

• escórpio (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scorpiōnem (“scorpion”), from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.koʁ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ [is.koh.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /is.koʁˈpjɐ̃w̃/ [is.kohˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.koʁ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ [es.koh.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /es.koʁˈpjɐ̃w̃/ [es.kohˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.koʁ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ [is.koh.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /is.koʁˈpjɐ̃w̃/ [is.kohˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.koʁ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ [es.koh.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /es.koʁˈpjɐ̃w̃/ [es.kohˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.koɾ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ [is.koɾ.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /is.koɾˈpjɐ̃w̃/ [is.koɾˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.koɾ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ [es.koɾ.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /es.koɾˈpjɐ̃w̃/ [es.koɾˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.koʁ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ [iʃ.koχ.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.koʁˈpjɐ̃w̃/ [iʃ.koχˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /eʃ.koʁ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ [eʃ.koχ.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.koʁˈpjɐ̃w̃/ [eʃ.koχˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.koɻ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ [es.koɻ.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /es.koɻˈpjɐ̃w̃/ [es.koɻˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kuɾˈpjɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: es‧cor‧pi‧ão

Noun

escorpião m (plural escorpiões)

1. scorpion

   Synonym: lacrau

2. (Portugal) Scorpio (someone with a Scorpio star sign)

   Synonym: (Brazil) escorpiano

Further reading

• escorpião on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “escorpião”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “escorpião”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “escorpião” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “escorpião”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “escorpião”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024