garanhão

Portuguese

Garanhão (sense 1)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish garañón. Further origin uncertain; perhaps from Proto-Germanic *wranjo (“stud horse”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ɾɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃w̃/ [ɡa.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ɾɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃w̃/ [ɡa.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ɾɐˈɲɐ̃w̃/ [ɡa.ɾɐˈɲɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɾɐˈɲɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃

Noun

garanhão m (plural garanhões)

1. stallion (adult male horse that is uncastrated)

   Synonym: pai-d'égua

2. (figurative) stud (sexually active man)