caminhão

Portuguese

caminhão

Alternative forms

• camião (Portugal)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French camion, influenced by caminho.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.mĩˈɲɐ̃w̃/ [ka.mĩˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.mĩˈɲɐ̃w̃/ [ka.mĩˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.miˈɲɐ̃w̃/ [ka.miˈɲɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Maranhão) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.mĩˈɐ̃w̃/
• Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧ão

Noun

caminhão m (plural caminhões) (Brazilian spelling)

1. truck; lorry (vehicle designed to carry or haul heavy cargo)

   Synonym: (Portugal) camião

2. truckload (a truck’s cargo)
3. (informal) truckload; boatload (a great quantity of something)

Usage notes

• The terms camião/caminhão include tractor-trailers, but unlike truck, it does not encompass pick-up trucks, nor vans.
• caminhão is also in current use in Macau despite officially adopting European Portuguese spelling.

Derived terms

• caminhão-pipa
• caminhãozada
• caminhoneiro

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmĩ.ɲɐ̃w̃/ [kaˈmĩ.j̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmĩ.ɲɐ̃w̃/ [kaˈmĩ.j̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.ɲɐ̃w̃/ [kaˈmi.ɲɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈmi.ɲɐ̃w̃/

Verb

caminhão

1. Obsolete spelling of caminham.