sardão

Portuguese

sardão (Timon lepidus)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرْذُون (ḥarḏūn). Compare Galician xardón.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saʁˈdɐ̃w̃/ [saɦˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saʁˈdɐ̃w̃/ [saɦˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /saɾˈdɐ̃w̃/ [saɾˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /saʁˈdɐ̃w̃/ [saʁˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /saɻˈdɐ̃w̃/ [saɻˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐɾˈdɐ̃w̃/ [sɐɾˈðɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: sar‧dão

Noun

sardão m (plural sardões)

1. ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus)
2. holm oak (Quercus ilex)

   Synonym: azinheira

Further reading

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