caveirão
Portuguese
Etymology
From caveira (“skull”) + -ão (augmentative suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ve(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ka.ve(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.vɐjˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.vejˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.veˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Noun
caveirão m (plural caveriões)
- Augmentative of caveira
- Synonym: caveirona
- (Brazil) an armoured vehicle used by the Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais
- Synonym: pacificador
Hypernyms
- (armoured vehicle): blindado