pastor-alemão
Portuguese
Etymology
From pastor (“herdsman”) + alemão (“German”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pasˌtoɾ.a.leˈmɐ̃w̃/ [pasˌtoɾ.a.leˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /paʃˌtoɾ.a.leˈmɐ̃w̃/ [paʃˌtoɾ.a.leˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐʃˌtoɾ.ɐ.lɨˈmɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐʃˌto.ɾi.ɐ.lɨˈmɐ̃w̃/
- Hyphenation: pas‧tor‧-a‧le‧mão
Noun
pastor-alemão m (plural pastores-alemães)
- German Shepherd
- Synonym: lobo-da-alsácia
Further reading
- “pastor-alemão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025