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Portuguese
Etymology
Calque of English abominable snowman. Early registers ommit the adjective.
Noun
abominável homem das neves m (plural abomináveis homens das neves)
- (cryptozoology, often capitalized) abominable snowman, yeti (manlike or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas)
- Synonym: iéti
1925 July 4, “O homem das neves”, in Revista da Semana, volume XXVI, number 28, Rio de Janeiro, page 8, columns 1–2:Os coolies hindus asseguraram que se tratava de um «homem das neves» de uma raça quasi lendaria, da qual, certo dia, haviam capturado um exemplar.- The Hindu coolies said it was an “abominable snowman” of an almost legendary race, of which, one day, they've captured an specimen.
1952 July 11, Edward Wyss Dunant, quotee, ““O ABOMINAVEL HOMEM DE NEVE” é apenas um urso polar”, in Costa Rego, editor, Correio da Manhã – 2º Caderno, volume LII, number 18190, Rio de Janeiro, page 3, column 5:“O abominável homem das neves” é na realidade um enorme urso, disse êle, mais forte que o urso comum e cujas garras são diferentes.- “The abominable snowman” is in fact a large bear, he said, stronger than the common bear and whose clawns are different.
1998, Tânia Regina de Luca, “História e Geografia: revalorização da Nação” (chapter 2), in A revista do Brasil: um diagnóstico para a (N)ação, page 115:Mesmo a era dos computadores e satélites não extinguiu de todo as esperanças de encontrar na Amazônia seres exóticos. Outro americano, David Oren, doutor em Zoologia por Harvard, embrenhou-se nas florestas do Acre em busca de um animal similar ao Abominável Homem das Neves.- Even the era of computers and satelites haven't extinguished entirely the hopes of finding exotic beings in the Amazon. Another American, David Oren, doctor of Zoology at Harvard, delved into the florests of Acre searching for an animal simmilar to the Abominable Snowman.