peró

See also: perro, pero, péro, and però

Old Tupi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pero. Doublet of Peró. The name was so common in Portugal in the 16th century it became a noun among the Tupi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛˈɾɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: pe‧ró

Noun

peró (unpossessable)

1. (hapax) Portuguese (person native to Portugal)

   Coordinate terms: see Thesaurus:abá

References

• Jean de Léry (1578) chapter XIII, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 197: “Peros”

Portuguese

Conjunction

peró

1. Alternative form of pero