cascavel

See also: Cascavel

Portuguese

cascavel

Etymology

From Old Occitan cascavel, from Vulgar Latin cascābellus (“small bell”), possibly from quassicāre, based on Latin quassāre (“to shake repeatedly, to quake”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kas.kaˈvɛw/ [kas.kaˈvɛʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kas.kaˈvɛw/ [kas.kaˈvɛʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʃ.kaˈvɛw/ [kaʃ.kaˈvɛʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐʃ.kɐˈvɛl/ [kɐʃ.kɐˈvɛɫ]

• Homophone: Cascavel
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
• Hyphenation: cas‧ca‧vel

Noun

cascavel f (plural cascavéis)

1. rattlesnake

Noun

cascavel m (plural cascavéis)

1. jingle bell

Further reading

• “cascavel” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.