cação

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈθoŋ/

Noun

cação m (plural cações, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of cazón

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Noun

cação m (plural cações)

1. (Brazil, dialectal) a young shark
2. (Brazil, dialectal) shark meat specifically
3. shark (of any age)

Usage notes

• The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always masculine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “cação macho” for male, and “cação fêmea” for female. Here, fêmea is treated as an undeclinable noun and don't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to fêmeo if so.