tourão

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Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

toirão

Etymology[edit]

From touro +‎ -ão (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /to(w)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [to(ʊ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /to(w)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /towˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /toˈɾɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: tou‧rão

Noun[edit]

tourão m (plural tourões)

Augmentative of touro
polecat (Mustela putorius, a mustelid of Eurasia)

Descendants[edit]

Spanish: turón

Further reading[edit]

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

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