cachorro-quente

Portuguese

Etymology

Calque of English hot dog.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃo.ʁu ˈkẽ.t͡ʃi/ [kaˈʃo.hu ˈkẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃo.ʁu ˈkẽ.t͡ʃi/ [kaˈʃo.hu ˈkẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃo.ʁu ˈkẽ.t͡ʃi/ [kaˈʃo.χu ˈkẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃo.ʁo ˈkẽ.te/ [kaˈʃo.ho ˈkẽ.te]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃo.ʁu ˈkẽ.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃo.ʁu ˈkẽ.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈt͡ʃo.ʁu ˈkẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧chor‧ro‧-quen‧te

Noun

cachorro-quente m (plural cachorros-quentes)

1. hot dog

   Synonyms: (Portugal) cachorro, (Brazil) dogão

Further reading

• “cachorro-quente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cachorro-quente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026