escorpião

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Portuguese

Um escorpião preto – A black scorpion

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scorpiōnem (“scorpion”), from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.koʁ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.koʁˈpjɐ̃w̃/ , /es.koʁ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.koʁˈpjɐ̃w̃/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.koɾ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.koɾˈpjɐ̃w̃/ , /es.koɾ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.koɾˈpjɐ̃w̃/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.koʁ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.koʁˈpjɐ̃w̃/ , /eʃ.koʁ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.koʁˈpjɐ̃w̃/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.koɻ.piˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.koɻˈpjɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: es‧cor‧pi‧ão

Noun

escorpião m (plural escorpiões)

  1. scorpion
    Synonym: lacrau
  2. (Portugal) Scorpio (someone with a Scorpio star sign)
    Synonym: (Brazil) escorpiano
  3. (soccer) scorpion kick

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