rinchão

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁĩˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [hĩˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁĩˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [hĩˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁĩˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [χĩˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁĩˈʃɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁĩˈʃɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁĩˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: rin‧chão

Etymology 1

From rinchar (“neigh”) +‎ -ão.

Adjective

rinchão (feminine rinchona, masculine plural rinchões, feminine plural rinchonas)

1. (of a horse) neighing

   Synonym: relinchão

Noun

rinchão m (plural rinchões)

1. neighing horse

   Synonym: relinchão

2. (ornithology) yaffle, European green woodpecker, nickle (Picus viridis)

   Synonyms: cavalinho, cavalo-rinchão, peto-real, peto-real-europeu, peto-rinchão, peto-verde, pica-pau-verde, rincha-cavalos, verdeal

Related terms

• rinchar

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

rinchão m (plural rinchões)

1. (agriculture) pear variety.
2. (botany) hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)

   Synonym: erva-dos-cantores

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rinchão m (plural rinchões)

1. Augmentative of rincho

Further reading

• “rinchão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “rinchão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• rinchão on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt