maçarico

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.saˈɾi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.saˈɾi.ko/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.sɐˈɾi.ku/

Rhymes: -iku
Hyphenation: ma‧ça‧ri‧co

Etymology 1

Uncertain.^[1] Nascentes proposes that the term comes from a metathesis of *maracico, from Spanish moracico (“sandpiper”), from Celtic môrbik (“sea bird”), being first attested in c. 13th century.^[2] Compare Galician mazarico and Asturian mazaricu.

Noun

maçarico m (plural maçaricos)

torch, blowtorch
burner
sandpiper (any bird of the family Scolopacidae)
Synonym: batuíra
ibis (any bird of the subfamily Threskiornithinae)
(colloquial) any water bird with long, slender legs
(Portugal) leveret with a white spot on the forehead
(Portugal, informal) novice
(Portugal, military, slang) recruit

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maçarico

first-person singular present indicative of maçaricar

References

^ “maçarico” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
^ Antenor Nascentes (1955) “MAÇARICO”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa (in Portuguese), 2 edition, volume I, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria Acadêmica, page 308

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