camarão

Portuguese

camarões

Etymology

From Latin cammārus (“lobster”) +‎ -ão, ultimately from Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros). Compare Spanish camarón.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.maˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ka.maˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.mɐˈɾɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: ca‧ma‧rão

Noun

camarão m (plural camarões)

shrimp (decapod crustacean)
(colloquial, derogatory) butterface
Synonym: Raimunda

Descendants

→ Nheengatu: kamarãu
⇒ English: Cameroon (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

“camarão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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