bucéfalo
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[edit]Etymology
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*gʷṓws |
From Bucéfalo (“Bucephalus, the warhorse of Alexander the Great”), from Latin Būcephalus, from the Ancient Greek Βουκέφᾰλος (Bouképhălos).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: bu‧cé‧fa‧lo
Noun
[edit]bucéfalo m (plural bucéfalos, feminine bucéfala, feminine plural bucéfalas)
- (rare) horse, warhorse
- 2007, Oscar Kellner Neto, Os Amarradores De Patas, Clube de Autores, page 33:
- nitrido abufado dos bucéfalos em pânico
- swollen neighing of the horses in panic
- (rare, derogatory) idiot, stupid person
- 1977 September, TPM, volume 8, number 91, Trip Editora e Propaganda SA, →ISSN, page 115:
- O pior, ele foi escrito por quatro autoras, que chamam as mulheres de coisas como “bucéfalas”. Merecíamos um presente desses?
- The worst part was, it was written by four female authors who call women things like “*Bucephaluses”. Did we deserve a gift like this?
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