camone

Italian

Noun

camone m (plural camoni)

1. a variety of tomato, typical of Sardinia, that have a green upper part (near the petiole)

   Synonym: pomodorino sardo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English come on.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kaˈmɔ.nɨ/, /kɐˈmɔ.nɨ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧mo‧ne

Noun

camone m or f by sense (plural camones)(Portugal, humorous, sometimes derogatory)

1. an Anglophone, especially a British or American person.

   Synonym: bife

2. a Portuguese immigrant in the United States or CANZUK

Further reading

• “camone”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026