aguaraçu

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi agûaragûasu. Equivalent to aguará +‎ -açu.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwa.ɾaˈsu/

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: a‧gua‧ra‧çu

Noun

aguaraçu m (plural aguaraçus)

1. maned wolf

   Synonym: lobo-guará

Further reading

• “aguaraçu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024