escorpião

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Portuguese

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Um escorpião preto – A black scorpion

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (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]

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

Noun

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escorpião m (plural escorpiões)

  1. scorpion
    Synonym: lacrau
  2. (Portugal) Scorpio (someone with a Scorpio star sign)
    Synonym: (Brazil) escorpiano

Further reading

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