tubarão

See also: Tubarão

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tu.baˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [tu.baˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.bɐˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [tu.βɐˈɾɐ̃w̃]

Hyphenation: tu‧ba‧rão

Noun edit

tubarão m (plural tubarões)

shark

References edit

^ 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
^ Maria Helena Guedes, O Tubarão Baleia! (2015), page 45

Further reading edit

“tubarão” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“tubarão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
tubarão on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

[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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