veado

Portuguese

veado

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese veado, vẽado, from Latin vēnātus, from vēnor (“I hunt”).

Alternative forms

• viado (sense 2 only)

Pronunciation

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvja.du/ [ˈvja.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvja.du/ [ˈvja.ðu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbja.du/ [ˈbja.ðu]

• IPA^(key): /ve.ˈa.du/
  • (sense 2) IPA^(key): /vi.ˈa.du/
• Rhymes: -adu
• Hyphenation: ve‧a‧do

Noun

veado m (plural veados)

1. deer (the animal)
2. (Brazil, slang, derogatory) male homosexual

Usage notes

The nonstandard spelling viado is sometimes used to distinguish sense one (deer) from sense two (male homosexual).

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:veado.

Related terms

• veação