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/

• (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)

1. Canarian

Noun

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

1. Canarian (an inhabitant of the Canary islands)
2. canary (bird)

   Synonym: canarinho