rinchão
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁĩˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [hĩˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁĩˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [χĩˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁĩˈʃɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁĩˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃/
- Hyphenation: rin‧chão
Etymology 1
From rinchar (“neigh”) + -ão.
Adjective
rinchão (feminine rinchona, masculine plural rinchões, feminine plural rinchonas)
Noun
rinchão m (plural rinchões)
- neighing horse
- Synonym: relinchão
- (ornithology) yaffle, European green woodpecker, nickle (Picus viridis)
- Synonyms: cavalinho, cavalo-rinchão, peto-real, peto-real-europeu, peto-rinchão, peto-verde, pica-pau-verde, rincha-cavalos, verdeal
Related terms
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
rinchão m (plural rinchões)
- (agriculture) pear variety.
- (botany) hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)
- Synonym: erva-dos-cantores
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
rinchão m (plural rinchões)
- augmentative of rincho
Further reading
- “rinchão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “rinchão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- rinchão on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt