quero-quero

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Portuguese

Um quero-quero

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɛ.ɾuˈkɛ.ɾu/

Noun

quero-quero m (plural quero-queros)

  1. southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis, a bird belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae)
    Synonyms: espanta-boiada, tetéu, téu-téu
    • 2004 October 30, Erico Verissimo, O continente - vol. 1‎, Editora Companhia das Letras, →ISBN:
      O pocotó das patas do cavalo, o vuu do vento, o guincho dos quero-queros — tudo isso era música para seus ouvidos.
      The clip-clop of the horse's hooves, the whoosh of the wind, the screech of the southern lapwings — all of this was music to his ears.

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