abelhão
Portuguese
Etymology
From abelha + -ão.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.beˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [a.beˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɨˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [ɐ.βɨˈʎɐ̃w̃]
Noun
abelhão m (plural abelhões)
- bumblebee (any of the large bees in the genus Bombus)
- Synonym: (Brazil) mamangaba
- drone (male bee)
- Synonym: zangão
- (by extension) any large bee
Further reading
- “abelhão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.