mucura
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- micura
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi mykura.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /muˈku.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /muˈku.ɾa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /muˈku.ɾɐ/
- Rhymes: -uɾɐ
- Hyphenation: mu‧ku‧ra
Noun
mucura f (plural mucuras)
- (North Brazil) manicou (Didelphis marsupialis)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gambá
Further reading
- “mucura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “mucura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026