camacho

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈma.ʃu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈma.ʃo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈma.ʃu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈma.t͡ʃu/

Hyphenation: ca‧ma‧cho

Adjective

camacho (feminine camacha, masculine plural camachos, feminine plural camachas)

(Brazil) lame, crippled (unable to walk)
Synonym: coxo

Noun

camacho m (plural camachos, feminine camacha, feminine plural camachas)

(Brazil) a person with those characteristics
Synonym: coxo

Further reading

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