caimão

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Kari'na acayouman.

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kajˈmɐ̃w̃/ [kaɪ̯ˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kajˈmɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: cai‧mão

Noun edit

caimão m (plural caimões or caimães or caimãos)

caiman (any of the small crocodilians of genus Caiman)

Descendants edit

→ English: caiman (or perhaps from Spanish caimán)

Further reading edit

“caimão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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