pássaro
Appearance
See also: Passaro
Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese passaro, from Vulgar Latin *passarum, from Latin passer (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Compare English passerine, Spanish pájaro, Dalmatian paserain, Romanian pasăre.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]pássaro m (plural pássaros, feminine pássara, feminine plural pássaras)
- passerine (any bird of the order Passeriformes)
- Synonyms: passarinho, passeriforme
- (colloquial, somewhat proscribed) bird (any member of the class Aves, especially a small one)
- Synonyms: (small bird) passarinho, (any bird) ave
Usage notes
[edit]- Some biologists proscribe the use of this term to any bird, restricting it to passerines.
Derived terms
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[edit]- Macanese: pastro
Further reading
[edit]- “pássaro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pássaro”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “pássaro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “pássaro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “pássaro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “pássaro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Categories:
- Portuguese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂-
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/asaɾu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/asaɾu/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/asɐɾu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/asɐɾu/3 syllables
- Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese colloquialisms
- Portuguese proscribed terms
- pt:Birds
- pt:Male animals
