camarão

Portuguese

camarões

Etymology

From Latin cammārus (“lobster”) +‎ -ão, ultimately from Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros). Compare Spanish camarón.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.maˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ka.maˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.mɐˈɾɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ma‧rão

Noun

camarão m (plural camarões)

1. shrimp (decapod crustacean)
2. (colloquial, derogatory) butterface

   Synonym: Raimunda

Descendants

• → Nheengatu: kamarãu
• ⇒ English: Cameroon (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “camarão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024