botocudo

Portuguese

Etymology

From botoque (“plug”), in allusion to the wooden disks worn in their lips and ears. See batoque (“spigot”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bo.toˈku.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bo.toˈku.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bo.toˈku.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.tuˈku.du/ [bu.tuˈku.ðu]

• Hyphenation: bo‧to‧cu‧do

Noun

botocudo m (plural botocudos, feminine botocuda, feminine plural botocudas)

1. Botocudo (one of a tribe of South American Indians of eastern Brazil)

Descendants

• → English: Botocudo
• → German: Botokude

Adjective

botocudo (feminine botocuda, masculine plural botocudos, feminine plural botocudas)

1. (relational) Botocudo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /botoˈkudo/ [bo.t̪oˈku.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -udo
• Syllabification: bo‧to‧cu‧do

Adjective

botocudo m or f (masculine and feminine plural botocudos)

1. Botocudo

Noun

botocudo m or f by sense (plural botocudos)

1. Botocudo

Further reading

• “botocudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10