musaranho

Portuguese

musaranho

Etymology

From Latin mūsarāneus, from mūs (“mouse”) + arāneus (“of a spider”), named after its venomous bite.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mu.zaˈɾɐ̃.ɲu/ [mu.zaˈɾɐ̃.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mu.zaˈɾɐ̃.ɲu/ [mu.zaˈɾɐ̃.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mu.zaˈɾɐ.ɲo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.zɐˈɾɐ.ɲu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.zɐˈɾɐ.ɲu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.zɐˈɾa.ɲu/

• Rhymes: -ɐɲu
• Hyphenation: mu‧sa‧ra‧nho

Noun

musaranho m (plural musaranhos)

1. shrew (mouselike animal)

Hypernyms

• soricídeo

Derived terms

• musaranho-comum
• musaranho-d'água americano
• musaranho-de-água
• musaranho-lontra
• musaranho-pigmeu
• musaranho-quadrangular
• musaranho-raiado
• musaranho-vulgar

Further reading

• “musaranho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “musaranho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025