tubarão

See also: Tubarão

Portuguese
tubarão (Carcharodon carcharias)

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Old Tupi tubaram, perhaps from older uperú,[1] iperú, with the addition of an initial t- under the influence of another native word (possibly from a different language family like Arawakan).[2]

Compare Spanish tiburón, Galician tiburón, Catalan tauró.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tu.baˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [tu.baˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tu.bɐˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [tu.βɐˈɾɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: tu‧ba‧rão

Noun

tubarão m (plural tubarões)

  1. shark

References
  1. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 612
  2. Maria Helena Guedes, O Tubarão Baleia! (2015), page 45

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