bacamarte

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably from French braquemart.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.kaˈmaʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ba.kaˈmah.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.kaˈmaʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ba.kaˈmah.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ba.kaˈmaɾ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ba.kaˈmaʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ba.kaˈmaχ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.kaˈmaɻ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.kɐˈmaɾ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: ba‧ca‧mar‧te

Noun

bacamarte m (plural bacamartes)

1. blunderbuss (old style of firearm with a large opening at the muzzle)

   Synonym: trabuco

   Coordinate term: arcabuz

2. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) tome (large old book)

   Synonyms: alfarrábio, tomo

Further reading

• “bacamarte” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.