Maracanaço

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Maracanaço, from Maracanã, the stadium that hosted the match.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmæɹəkəˈnɑːsəʊ/

Proper noun

Maracanaço

1. (soccer) The final match (Uruguay 2 – Brazil 1) in the 1950 FIFA World Cup, remembered in Brazil as a painful defeat.
   • 2014, Luca Caioli, Neymar: The Making of the World’s Greatest New Number 10, Icon Books, →ISBN, page 198:

     OK. But will you, Mr Scolari, be able to make the Brazilians forget about O Maracanaço defeat?

Translations

final match in the 1950 FIFA World Cup

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 馬拉簡拿之痛 / 马拉简拿之痛 (maa⁵ laai¹ gaan² naa⁴ zi¹ tung³)

  Mandarin: 馬拉卡納之痛 / 马拉卡纳之痛 (Mǎlākǎnà zhī tòng)

• German: Maracanaço n, Maracanazo n, Schock von Maracanã m
• Greek: Μαρακανάσο n (Marakanáso)
• Hebrew: מַרַקַנַאסוֹ m (Marakanáso)
• Italian: Maracanazo m, Maracanaço m
• Japanese: マラカナンの悲劇 (Marakanan no higeki), マラカナッソ (Marakanasso)
• Korean: 마라카낭의 비극 (Marakanang'ui bigeuk), 리우데자네이루의 비극 (Riudejaneiruui bigeuk)
• Portuguese: Maracanaço m
• Russian: Маракана́со n (Marakanáso)
• Spanish: Maracanazo m
• Tamil: மரக்காணசோ (marakkāṇacō)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Maracanaço, from Maracanã, the stadium that hosted the match. Doublet of Maracanazo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ra.kaˈna.so/
• Rhymes: -aso
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ra‧ca‧nà‧ço
• Homophone: Maracanazo

Proper noun

il Maracanaço m

1. (soccer) Maracanaço (final match in the 1950 FIFA World Cup)

   Synonym: (more common, Spanish loan) Maracanazo

   • 2014, Leonardo Poggi with Miki Fossati and Laura Molina, La mossa del tapiro: una storia di Amazzonia, calcio e amache‎^[1], Miki Fossati, →ISBN:

     Lo sentite lo spirito del Maracanaço aleggiare su di noi? Non possiamo fare niente, non possiamo fuggire, lo spirito è potente e non c’è niente che lo fermi. Ragazzi scappate, è l’unico modo per salvarvi, scappate, lo fermerò io, mi metterò io davanti alle telecamere mentre voi tornate alla foresta, vi disperdete, fuggite.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *marakanã

Old Tupi marakanãbor.

Portuguese maracanã

Portuguese Maracanã

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin -āceus

Old Galician-Portuguese -aço

Portuguese -aço

Portuguese Maracanaço

From Maracanã (the stadium that hosted the match) + -aço (suffix for a blow or strike).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾa.kaˈna.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾɐ.kɐˈna.su/

• Rhymes: -asu
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ra‧ca‧na‧ço

Proper noun

o Maracanaço m

1. (soccer) Maracanaço (final match in the 1950 FIFA World Cup)
   • 2014, Magno Antonio, Guerreiros da Camisa: Entre Glórias e Fracassos, Digitaliza, →ISBN, page 42:

     Máspoli era o goleiro da Seleção Uruguaia e jogou a final da copa do mundo de 1950, contra o Brasil. A partida, que reuniu cerca de 200 mil pessoas no Estádio do Maracanã, no Rio de Janeiro, ficou conhecida como o Maracanaço. Os brasileiros, jogando em casa, precisavam de apenas um empate para serem campeões. Mas os uruguaios venceram a partida por 2 a 1 e conquistaram o título mundial.

     Máspoli was the Uruguayan team’s goalkeeper and played in the 1950 World Cup final against Brazil. The match, which drew around 200 thousand people to Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, became known as the Maracanazo. The Brazilians, playing at home, needed just a draw to be the champions. But Uruguay won the match 2-1 and took the world title.