maçarico
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.saˈɾi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.saˈɾi.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.sɐˈɾi.ku/
- Rhymes: -iku
- Hyphenation: ma‧ça‧ri‧co
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Compare Galician mazarico.
Noun
maçarico m (plural maçaricos)
- torch, blowtorch
- burner
- sandpiper (any bird of the family Scolopacidae)
- Synonym: batuíra
- ibis (any bird of the subfamily Threskiornithinae)
- (colloquial) any water bird with long, slender legs
- (Portugal) leveret with a white spot on the forehead
- (Portugal, informal) novice
- (Portugal, military, slang) recruit
Derived terms
- maçarico-branco
- maçarico-cinzento
- maçarico-das-rochas
- maçarico-galego
- maçarico-pernilongo
- maçarico-preto
- maçarico-solitário
Related terms
- maçarica
- maçaricão
- maçariqueiro
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
maçarico
- first-person singular present indicative of maçaricar