tambaqui
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Pacu_shedd.jpg/220px-Pacu_shedd.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese tambaqui, from Old Tupi tambaky.
Noun
[edit]tambaqui (plural tambaquis)
- A freshwater fish of species Colossoma macropomum, native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America.
- Synonym: black pacu
Translations
[edit]Colossoma macropomum
References
[edit]tambaqui on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Colossoma macropomum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Colossoma macropomum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Tupi tambaky.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]tambaqui m (plural tambaquis)
Further reading
[edit]- “tambaqui”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “tambaqui”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese
- English terms derived from Brazilian Portuguese
- English terms derived from Old Tupi
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Fish
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Tupi
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Fish