capão
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ˈpãw/
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese capon, from a Vulgar Latin root *cappō, *cappōnem, from Latin cāpō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kop- (“to strike, to beat”). Compare Catalan capó, English capon, French chapon, Italian cappone, Spanish capón.
Noun
capão m (plural capões)
- a castrated animal
- capon (a cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table)
Related terms
- capar
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Tupi ka'a (“woods”) + 'ypa'ũ (“island”) (itself "space" pa'ũ in "water" 'y).
Noun
capão m (plural capões)
- (Brazil) copse; an isolated bunch of trees in an open space