caimão

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably from Kari'na acayouman.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kajˈmɐ̃w̃/ [kaɪ̯ˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kajˈmɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: cai‧mão

Noun

caimão m (plural caimões or caimães or caimãos)

1. caiman (any of the small crocodilians of genus Caiman)

Descendants

• → English: caiman (or perhaps from Spanish caimán)

Further reading

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