capão

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpɐ̃w̃/ [kaˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpɐ̃w̃/

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese capon, from a Vulgar Latin root *cappō, *cappōnem, from Latin cāpō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kop- (“to strike, to beat”). Compare Catalan capó, English capon, French chapon, Italian cappone, Spanish capón.

Noun

capão m (plural capões)

1. a castrated animal
2. capon (a cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table)

Related terms

• capar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Tupi ka'a (“woods”) + 'ypa'ũ (“island”) (itself "space" pa'ũ in "water" 'y).

Noun

capão m (plural capões)

1. (Brazil) copse; an isolated bunch of trees in an open space