canário

See also: canario

Galician

Adjective

canário (feminine canária, masculine plural canários, feminine plural canárias, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of canario

Noun

canário m (plural canários, feminine canária, feminine plural canárias, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of canario

Further reading

• “canário” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin [Īnsula] Canāria (“Canary Islands”); īnsula (“island”) + canāria (“of the dogs”), from canis (“dog”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ. The bird is named after its original which included the Canary Islands.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈna.ɾi.u/ [kaˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈna.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈna.ɾi.u/ [kaˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈna.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈna.ɾi.o/ [kaˈna.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈna.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈna.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ná‧ri‧o

Adjective

canário (feminine canária, masculine plural canários, feminine plural canárias, not comparable)

1. Canarian

Noun

canário m (plural canários, feminine canária, feminine plural canárias)

1. Canarian (an inhabitant of the Canary islands)
2. canary (bird)

   Synonym: canarinho

Further reading

• “canário” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “canário”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “canário”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025