tamanduá

See also: tamandua, Tamandua, Tamanduá, tamanduą, and tamandûá

Portuguese

Etymology

    Borrowed from Old Tupi tamandûá.[1] Compare Sranan Tongo tamanwa.

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.mɐ̃.duˈa/ [ta.mɐ̃.dʊˈa], (faster pronunciation) /ta.mɐ̃ˈdwa/

    • Rhymes: -a
    • Hyphenation: ta‧man‧du‧á

    Noun

    tamanduá m (plural tamanduás)

    1. (Brazil) anteater (any of several New World mammals in suborder Vermilingua)
      Synonyms: papa-formigas, urso-formigueiro
    2. (Brazil, slang) a great lie
    3. (Brazil, slang) a difficult situation

    Derived terms

    Noun

    tamanduá m or f by sense (plural tamanduás)

    1. (South Brazil, slang) scrooge

    References

    1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tamandûá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 459, column 2

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