tufão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān, “storm; typhoon”).[1] See etymology in typhoon.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tuˈfɐ̃w̃/ [tuˈfɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Hyphenation: tu‧fão

Noun

tufão m (plural tufões)

  1. typhoon (weather phenomenon in the Pacific, equivalent to a hurricane)
    Coordinate terms: ciclone, furacão

Descendants

  • → English: typhoon (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ “tufão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

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