tucano

See also: Tucano

Galician

Etymology

From French toucan or Portuguese/Spanish tucán, from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐnʊ/

Noun

tucano m (plural tucanos)

1. toucan

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈka.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: tu‧cà‧no

Etymology 1

Named after the Tucano people, whose name itself is from Tucano.

Adjective

tucano (feminine tucana, masculine plural tucani, feminine plural tucane)

1. Tucanoan

Etymology 2

From French toucan or Portuguese/Spanish tucán, from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

Noun

tucano m (plural tucani)

1. toucan

Anagrams

• Canuto, canuto

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi tukana.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈka.nu/

• (Rio Grande do Sul) IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐ.no/
• Hyphenation: tu‧ca‧no

• Audio (Brazil):

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Noun

tucano m (plural tucanos)

1. toucan (any bird from the family Ramphastidae)

Usage notes

• The gender of this Portuguese word is always masculine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “tucano-macho” for male, and “tucano-fêmea” for female.

Derived terms

• tucaninho
• tucano-de-bico-preto
• tucano-de-bico-verde
• tucano-de-papo-branco
• tucano-toco

 

Related terms

• tucanuçu

 

Noun

tucano m (plural tucanos, feminine tucana, feminine plural tucanas)

1. member of the Tucano people
2. (Brazil, figurative, politics, often derogatory) a person who supports or is affiliated to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), whose mascot is a toucan

   Synonym: PSDBista

Noun

tucano m (uncountable)

1. Tucano language

Descendants

• → English: Tucano
• → Galician: tucano m
• → Italian: tucano m
• → Nheengatu: tukanu
• → Spanish: tucano m

Adjective

tucano (feminine tucana, masculine plural tucanos, feminine plural tucanas) (relational)

1. Tucano
2. (Brazil, politics, often derogatory) of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party

   Synonym: PSDBista

Spanish

Etymology

Named after the Tucano people, whose name itself is from Tucano.

Adjective

tucano (feminine tucana, masculine plural tucanos, feminine plural tucanas)

1. Tucanoan