canário

See also: canario

Portuguese

canário

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin [Īnsula] Canāria (“Canary Islands”); īnsula (“island”) + canāria (“of the dogs”), from canis (“dog”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ. The bird is named after its original which included the Canary Islands.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈna.ɾi.u/ [kaˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈna.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈna.ɾi.o/ [kaˈna.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈna.ɾjo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈna.ɾju/

Hyphenation: ca‧ná‧ri‧o

Adjective

canário (feminine canária, masculine plural canários, feminine plural canárias, not comparable)

Canarian

Noun

canário m (plural canários, feminine canária, feminine plural canárias)

Canarian (an inhabitant of the Canary islands)
canary (bird)
Synonym: canarinho

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