tamanduá

See also: tamandua, Tamandua, Tamanduá, tamanduą, and tamandûá

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi tamandûá (“ant hunter”). Compare Sranan Tongo tamanwa.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.mɐ̃.duˈa/ [ta.mɐ̃.dʊˈa], (faster pronunciation) /ta.mɐ̃ˈdwa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.mɐ̃ˈdwa/

Noun

tamanduá m (plural tamanduás)

1. anteater (any of several New World mammals in suborder Vermilingua)
2. (Brazil, slang) a great lie
3. (Brazil, slang) a difficult situation

Derived terms

• tamanduá-bandeira
• tamanduá-mirim
• tamanduazinho

 

Noun

tamanduá m or f by sense (plural tamanduás)

1. (South Brazil, slang) scrooge

References

• “tamanduá”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “tamanduá”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024