tavão

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tabānus.

Noun

tavão m

1. horsefly (any fly of the family Tabanidae)

Descendants

• Galician: tabán, atabán, tabao, tábao, tabau
• Portuguese: tavão, tabão, atavão, atabão

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "tavão"

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tabão, atavão, atabão

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tavão, from Latin tabānus. Compare Galician tabán, Spanish tábano, French taon.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈvɐ̃w̃/ [taˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈvɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈvɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈbɐ̃w̃/ [tɐˈβɐ̃w̃]

Noun

tavão m (plural tavões or (rare) tavãos)

1. horsefly (any fly of the family Tabanidae)

   Synonyms: moscardo, (Brazil) mutuca

References

• “tavão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913