tamanduá

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See also: tamandua, Tamandua, Tamanduá, tamanduą, and tamandûá

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi tamandûá (“ant hunter”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.mɐ̃.duˈa/ , (faster pronunciation) /ta.mɐ̃ˈdwa/

Noun

tamanduá m (plural tamanduás)

  1. anteater (any of several New World mammals in suborder Vermilingua)
  2. (Brazil, slang) a great lie
  3. (Brazil, slang) a difficult situation

Derived terms

Noun

tamanduá m or f by sense (plural tamanduás)

  1. (South Brazil, slang) scrooge

References

  1. ^ “Tamanduá”, in Dicionário Ilustrado Tupi Guarani‎ (in Portuguese), 2023 May 16 (last accessed)
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