veado
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese veado / vẽado, from Latin vēnātus, from vēnor (“to hunt”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /veˈa.du/, /viˈa.du/ [vɪˈa.du], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvja.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /veˈa.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈvja.du/ [ˈvja.ðu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbja.du/ [ˈbja.ðu]
- Rhymes: -adu
- Homophone: viado (Brazil, one pronunciation)
- Hyphenation: ve‧a‧do
Noun
veado m (plural veados)
Usage notes
Though many Brazilian speakers would otherwise pronounce the ⟨e⟩ in similar words as /i/, this reduction is seen less often with this word, potentially to prevent confusion with viado. In fact, the pronunciation of veado with /i/ is a leading theory regarding the origin of viado.
Related terms
- veação
Etymology 2
Potentially from etymology 1. See viado.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈa.du/ [vɪˈa.du], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvja.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈa.do/ [vɪˈa.do], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvja.do/
- Rhymes: -adu
- Hyphenation: ve‧a‧do
Noun
veado m (plural veados)
- alternative spelling of viado (“homosexual man”)
- 2015, Bronson Heleno, Memórias putas de uma vida, Clube de Autores, page 59:
- Dentro do carro, meu irmão vinha dormindo, babando, estava trêbado e ficava resmungando coisas sem nexo, ficava falando um nome de um cara, que depois descobri ser o amante dele, meu irmão era veado, mas depois eu falo sobre isso.
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