aoto

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈo.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈo.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈo.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈo.tu/

• Hyphenation: a‧o‧to

Noun

aoto m (plural aotos)

1. (zoology) The name given to several species of monkeys of the cebidae family, of the genus Aotus, with nocturnal habits, found in Central and South America.

   Synonym: macaco-da-noite

Further reading

• “aoto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025