filhotão

Portuguese

Etymology

From filhote (“cub”) +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fi.ʎɔˈtɐ̃w̃/ [fi.ʎɔˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fi.ʎɔˈtɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: fi‧lho‧tão

Noun

filhotão m (plural filhotões)

  1. augmentative of filhote
  2. (Brazil, informal) a cub that is as big as an adult, but not yet mature

Further reading

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