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mundéu

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mun‧déu

Etymology 1

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From Old Tupi mundé (“deadfall trap”).[1]

Alternative forms

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Noun

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mundéu m (plural mundéus)

  1. (Brazil) a type of deadfall trap
  2. (Brazil) a type of fishing net
  3. (Brazil, figurative) a building at risk of collapsing
  4. (Brazil, colloquial) an animal that has left its herd, mostly said of peccaries and coatis
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Adjective

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mundéu m or f (plural mundéus)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial, of animals) solitary, that has left its herd; mostly said of peccaries and coatis

Etymology 2

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From mundo (“world”) +‎ -éu.

Noun

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mundéu m (plural mundéus)

  1. (Brazil) pile (a great amount of something)
    Synonyms: pilha, monte
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Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:mundéu.

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mundé¹”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 318, column 2

Further reading

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