macaco-aranha

Portuguese

Etymology

From macaco (“monkey”) +‎ aranha (“spider”), literally “spider monkey”.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˌka.ku.aˈɾɐ̃.ɲɐ/ [maˌka.ku.aˈɾɐ̃.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˌka.ku.aˈɾɐ̃.ɲɐ/ [maˌka.ku.aˈɾɐ̃.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˌka.ko.aˈɾɐ.ɲa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˌka.ku.ɐˈɾɐ.ɲɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˌka.ku.ɐˈɾɐ.ɲɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˌka.ku.ɐˈɾa.ɲɐ/

• Hyphenation: ma‧ca‧co‧-a‧ra‧nha

Noun

macaco-aranha m (plural macacos-aranha or macacos-aranhas)

1. spider monkey (genus Ateles)

   Synonym: cuatá

Hypernyms

• primata, macaco, símio

Related terms

• macaco-preto

Further reading

• “macaco-aranha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024