tubarão
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See also: Tubarão
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. Probably from Old Tupi yperu,[1] 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 tabeirón, Catalan tauró.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tu‧ba‧rão
Noun
tubarão m (plural tubarões)
- shark
- 1500 May 1, Pêro Vaz de Caminha, Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha[1], Porto Seguro, page 7v:
- […] e leuaram daly huũ tubaram que bertolameu dijz matou […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “tubarão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “tubarão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- tubarão on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
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- Portuguese terms with unknown etymologies
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- Portuguese terms derived from Arawakan languages
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- Portuguese countable nouns
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- pt:Sharks
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