sapo-do-mar

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “sea frog”.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsa.pu.duˈma(ʁ)/ [ˌsa.pu.duˈma(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌsa.pu.duˈma(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌsa.pu.duˈma(ʁ)/ [ˌsa.pu.duˈma(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌsa.pu.duˈma(ɻ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsa.po.doˈma(ʁ)/ [ˌsa.po.doˈma(h)]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsa.pu.duˈmaɾ/ [ˌsa.pu.ðuˈmaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsa.pu.duˈma.ɾi/ [ˌsa.pu.ðuˈma.ɾi]

Hyphenation: sa‧po‧-do‧-mar

Noun

sapo-do-mar m (plural sapos-do-mar)

(Brazil) blowfish (any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe)
Synonyms: baiacu (Brazil), peixe-balão

Further reading

“sapo-do-mar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
“sapo-do-mar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN