mundéu
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: mun‧déu
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Tupi mundé (“deadfall trap”).[1]
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
mundéu m (plural mundéus)
- (Brazil) a type of deadfall trap
- (Brazil) a type of fishing net
- (Brazil, figurative) a building at risk of collapsing
- (Brazil, colloquial) an animal that has left its herd, mostly said of peccaries and coatis
Related words edit
Adjective edit
mundéu m or f (plural mundéus)
- (Brazil, colloquial, of animals) solitary, that has left its herd; mostly said of peccaries and coatis
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
mundéu m (plural mundéus)
Related words edit
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mundéu.
References edit
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mundé¹”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 318, column 2
Further reading edit
- “mundéu” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “mundéu” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “mundéu” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “mundéu” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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