carcará

Portuguese
carcará

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi karakará.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaʁ.kaˈɾa/ [kah.kaˈɾa]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kaɾ.kaˈɾa/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaʁ.kaˈɾa/ [kaχ.kaˈɾa]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaɻ.kaˈɾa/

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: car‧ca‧rá

Noun

carcará m (plural carcarás)

  1. southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus)
  2. (broadly) caracara (any of several South American birds of prey)

Derived terms
  • carcará-andino
  • carcará-de-guadalupe
  • carcará-do-norte
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