macaco

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məˈkeɪkəʊ/, /məˈkɑːkoʊ/
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Etymology 1

From Portuguese macaco (monkey). Doublet of macaque.

Noun

macaco (plural macacos or macacoes)

  1. A macaque, or similar monkey.

Etymology 2

From French mococo, probably ultimately from Malagasy maka, maki (lemur).

An illustration from 1788 of a ring-tailed lemur, then known as the ring-tailed maca(u)co.
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Noun

macaco (plural macacos or macacoes)

  1. (obsolete) Any of several species of lemur, including the white-headed lemur, ruffed lemur, and ring-tailed lemur.
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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese macaco, possibly from a Bantu language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈka.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ako
  • Hyphenation: ma‧cà‧co

Noun

macaco m (plural macachi)

  1. macaque
  2. fool, dunce

Mirandese

Etymology

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Noun

macaco m (plural macacos)

  1. monkey
  2. a person that imitates others
  3. a treacherous, deceitful person

References

  • Ferreira, Amadeu, Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona (20032022) “macaco”, in Dicionário de Mirandês-Português .

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -aku
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ca‧co

Etymology 1

    macaco (sense 1)
    macaco (sense 1)

    Unknown. Thought to have been borrowed from a Bantu language. Bantu maka, "cat", comes from -mañga (an old East African Bantu word for the sea-coast, often applied to any strange or foreign product). But it seems unlikely that the Bantu would have used such a word to denote familiar animals like apes and monkeys. However, none of the many Bantu words for apes and monkeys resembles "macaco". Other suggested derivations include:

    Noun

    macaco m (plural macacos, feminine macaca, feminine plural macacas)

    1. monkey; ape
      Synonyms: símio, mono
    2. (derogatory) ape; savage (an uncivilised or unruly person)
      Synonyms: bárbaro, selvagem
    3. (derogatory) monster; freak (a hideous person)
      Synonyms: monstro, aberração, mostrengo
    4. (Brazil, offensive, ethnic slur) monkey (derogatory term for a black person)
    Usage notes
    • A distinction is not commonly made between apes and monkeys in Portuguese. Where it is, mono is used for apes and macaco for middle-sized simians. A more common distinction is made between macacos and micos (small, long-tailed simians).
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    Noun

    macaco m (plural macacos)

    1. jack (device for raising and supporting a heavy object)
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    macaco

    1. first-person singular present indicative of macacar

    References

    1. ^ Harry Johnston (1922) A Comparative Study of the Bantu and Semi-Bantu Languages, volume 2, pages 245-246
    2. ^ macaco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 20152025
    3. ^ Antenor Nascentes (1955) “macaco”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa (in Portuguese), 2nd edition, volume I, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria Acadêmica, page 307, columns 1–2

    Spanish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Portuguese macaco, possibly from a Bantu language.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /maˈkako/
    • Rhymes: -ako
    • Syllabification: ma‧ca‧co

    Noun

    macaco m (plural macacos)

    1. macaque
    2. hobgoblin, bogeyman
    3. (South America, derogatory, offensive, racist) Brazilian
      Synonyms: brasileño, (colloquial) brasilero
    4. (Louisiana) monkey
      Synonyms: mono, chango, maimón, mico, simio

    Adjective

    macaco (feminine macaca, masculine plural macacos, feminine plural macacas)

    1. (slang) ugly, misshapen, deformed, squat

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