penacho

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian pennacchio.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈna.ʃu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈna.ʃo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈna.ʃu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈna.t͡ʃu/

Rhymes: -aʃu, (Northern Portugal) -at͡ʃu
Hyphenation: pe‧na‧cho

Noun edit

penacho m (plural penachos)

panache (ornamental plume on a hat or helmet)
a bird’s tuft

References edit

^ “penacho” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
^ “penacho” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian pennacchio.

Noun edit

penacho m (plural penachos)

tuft (of feathers)
feather headdress

Further reading edit

“penacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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