rinchão

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: rin‧chão

Etymology 1

From rinchar (“neigh”) +‎ -ão.

Adjective

rinchão (feminine rinchona, masculine plural rinchões, feminine plural rinchonas)

  1. (of a horse) neighing
    Synonym: relinchão

Noun

rinchão m (plural rinchões)

  1. neighing horse
    Synonym: relinchão
  2. (ornithology) yaffle, European green woodpecker, nickle (Picus viridis)
    Synonyms: cavalinho, cavalo-rinchão, peto-real, peto-real-europeu, peto-rinchão, peto-verde, pica-pau-verde, rincha-cavalos, verdeal

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

rinchão m (plural rinchões)

  1. (agriculture) pear variety.
  2. (botany) hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)
    Synonym: erva-dos-cantores

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rinchão m (plural rinchões)

  1. Augmentative of rincho

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