carcará

Portuguese

carcará

Alternative forms

• caracará

Etymology

Syncopic form of caracará, borrowed from Old Tupi karakará.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.kaˈɾa/ [kah.kaˈɾa]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.kaˈɾa/ [kah.kaˈɾa]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.kaˈɾa/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.kaˈɾa/ [kaχ.kaˈɾa]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻ.kaˈɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.kɐˈɾa/

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: car‧ca‧rá

Noun

carcará m (plural carcarás)

1. southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus)

   Synonym: carancho

   • 1965, José Cândido, João do Vale (lyrics and music), “Carcará” (0:59 from the start), in João do Vale - O Poeta do Povo, performed by João do Vale:

     Carcará é malvado, é valentão / É a águia de lá do meu sertão / Os burrego novinho num pode andá / Ele puxa no imbigo inté matá

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (broadly) caracara (any of several South American birds of prey)

Derived terms

• carcará-andino
• carcará-de-guadalupe
• carcará-do-norte