tucano

See also: Tucano

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tucano, borrowed from Old Tupi tukana, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn, from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈkano/ [t̪uˈkɑ.nʊ]
• Rhymes: -ano

Noun

tucano m (plural tucanos)

1. toucan

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tucano, borrowed from Old Tupi tukana, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn, from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈka.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: tu‧cà‧no

Adjective

tucano (feminine tucana, masculine plural tucani, feminine plural tucane)

1. Tucanoan

Noun

tucano m (plural tucani)

1. toucan

Anagrams

• Canuto, canuto

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi tukana.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈka.nu/

• (Rio Grande do Sul) IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐ.no/
• Rhymes: -ɐnu
• Hyphenation: tu‧ca‧no

• Audio (Brazil):

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Noun

tucano m (plural tucanos)

1. toucan (any bird from the family Ramphastidae)

Usage notes

• The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always masculine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “tucano macho” for male, and “tucano fêmea” for female. Here, fêmea is treated as an undeclinable noun and don't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to fêmeo if so.

Derived terms

• tucaninho
• tucano-de-bico-preto
• tucano-de-bico-verde
• tucano-de-papo-branco
• tucano-toco

Related terms

• tucanuçu

Noun

tucano m (plural tucanos, feminine tucana, feminine plural tucanas)

1. member of the Tucano people
2. (Brazil, politics, often derogatory) a person who supports or is affiliated to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), whose mascot is a toucan

   Synonym: PSDBista

Noun

tucano m (uncountable)

1. Tucano language

Adjective

tucano (feminine tucana, masculine plural tucanos, feminine plural tucanas) (relational)

1. Tucano
2. (Brazil, politics, often derogatory) of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party

   Synonym: PSDBista

Descendants

• → English: Tucano
• → Galician: tucano m
• → Italian: tucano m
• → Nheengatu: tukanu
• → Spanish: tucano m

References

• “tucano”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “tucano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “tucano”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “tucano”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Named after the Tucano people, whose name itself is from Tucano.

Adjective

tucano (feminine tucana, masculine plural tucanos, feminine plural tucanas)

1. Tucanoan