cão
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cao"
Noun
cão m (plural cães, feminine cadela, feminine plural cadelas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of can
References
- “cão” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cānum. Doublet of cano, a borrowing from Old Spanish.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cão (plural cãos, feminine cãa, feminine plural cãas)
- white-haired
- Synonym: cano
Descendants
Pronunciation
Audio (Central-West Brazil): (file) - Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: cão
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese can, from Latin canis, canem. Compare Galician and Spanish can.
Noun
cão m (plural cães, feminine cadela, feminine plural cadelas)
- dog
- (colloquial, epithetic) the Devil
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satã
Usage notes
In Brazil, cão is somewhat formal, and cachorro is the most common term in neutral or informal contexts.
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cão, from Latin cānus (“gray”), from Proto-Italic *kaznos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱas-. Cognate with Spanish cano.
Adjective
cão (feminine cã, masculine plural cãos, feminine plural cãs)
- white-haired
- Synonym: grisalho
Related terms
Etymology 3
From Persian خان. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
Noun
cão m (plural cãos)
Further reading
cão on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
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