piratinga
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi pirá + ting + -a.
Noun
piratinga m (plural piratingas)
- synonym of piraíba
Further reading
- “piratinga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “piratinga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026