tubarão

See also: Tubarão

Portuguese

tubarão (Carcharodon carcharias)

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Old Tupi tubaram, perhaps from older uperú, iperú, with the addition of an initial t- under the influence of another native word (possibly from a different language family like Arawakan).

Compare Spanish tiburón, Galician tiburón, Catalan tauró.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tu.baˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [tu.baˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.bɐˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [tu.βɐˈɾɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: tu‧ba‧rão

Noun

tubarão m (plural tubarões)

1. shark

Further reading

• “tubarão” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “tubarão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• tubarão on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt