açor

From Latin accipiter (“hawk”), from accipiō (“I take”).

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈt͡soɾ/

açor m (plural açores)

1. goshawk (bird of prey in the genus Accipiter)
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 352 (facsimile):

     Eſte açor fillaua Garças ⁊ ãades ⁊ Betouros / ⁊ out(ra)s prijões muitas.

     This goshawk caught herons and ducks and bitterns / and many other kids of prey.

• Galician: azor
• Portuguese: açor
  • Portuguese: Açores
    • English: Azores

From Old Galician-Portuguese açor, from Latin accipiter (“hawk”).

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: a‧çor

açor m (plural açores)

1. goshawk (bird of prey in the genus Accipiter)

• açorado
• açorar
• Açores

• English: Azores

• “açor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “açor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026