cachôro

Macanese

Alternative forms

• cachoro, (archaic) cachorro

Etymology

From Portuguese cachorro (“puppy; dog”). Adjectival senses of unclear origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃɔ.ɾu/, /kaˈt͡ʃɔ.ɾo/

Noun

cachôro

1. dog

   Synonym: cám

   cachôro-china ― dog whose bark is worse than its bite (literally, “Chinese dog”)

   cachôro-fêmea ― bitch, female dog

   cachôro morto ― dead or useless dog

   cachôro-doido ― rabid dog

   suzo di cachôro ― dog excrement

Usage notes

• Unlike in Portugal (but like in Brazil), the term refers to dogs of any size or age, rather than specifically puppies.
• Seemingly more common than cám, except in certain fixed phrases and idioms.

Derived terms

• sôm-cachôro (“dish made by using up odds and ends in the kitchen”, literally “dog dish”)

Adjective

cachôro

1. cowardly
2. vile

References

• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “cachorro”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 335
• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#cachorodog