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Portuguese
Etymology
From Bucéfalo (“Bucephalus, the warhorse of Alexander the Great”), from Latin Būcephalus, from the Ancient Greek Βουκέφᾰλος (Bouképhalos).
Pronunciation
Noun
bucéfalo m (plural bucéfalos, feminine bucéfala, feminine plural bucéfalas)
- (rare) horse, warhorse
2007, Oscar Kellner Neto, Os Amarradores De Patas, Clube de Autores, page 33:nitrido abufado dos bucéfalos em pânico- swollen neighing of the horses in panic
2015, Heloisa Pires Lima, Benjamin, o filho da felicidade, FTD Educação, →ISBN, page 20:cavalgando um bucéfalo abundante de ossos e falto de carnes- riding a horse plentiful in bones and lacking in flesh
- (rare, derogatory) idiot, stupid person
1977 September, TPM, volume 8, number 91, Trip Editora e Propaganda SA, →ISSN, page 115:O pior, ele foi escrito por quatro autoras, que chamam as mulheres de coisas como “bucéfalas”. Merecíamos um presente desses?- The worst part was, it was written by four female authors who call women things like “*Bucephaluses”. Did we deserve a gift like this?