veado

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese veado / vẽado, from Latin vēnātus, from vēnor (“to hunt”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /veˈa.du/, /viˈa.du/ [vɪˈa.du], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvja.du/
 

  • Rhymes: -adu
  • Homophone: viado (Brazil, one pronunciation)
  • Hyphenation: ve‧a‧do

Noun

veado m (plural veados)

  1. deer (animal)
    Synonym: cervo
  2. (obsolete) game (any wild animal hunted for food or sport)
Usage notes

Many Brazilian speakers do not pronounce the ⟨e⟩ in this word as /i/, though it would otherwise be expected. This is potentially to prevent confusion with viado, an offensive term which may derive from a pronunciation spelling of veado.

  • veação

Etymology 2

Possibly from etymology 1. See viado.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈa.du/ [vɪˈa.du], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvja.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈa.do/ [vɪˈa.do], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvja.do/

  • Rhymes: -adu
  • Hyphenation: ve‧a‧do

Noun

veado m (plural veados)

  1. alternative spelling of viado (“homosexual man”)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bicha
    • 2015, Bronson Heleno, Memórias putas de uma vida, Clube de Autores, page 59:
      Dentro do carro, meu irmão vinha dormindo, babando, estava trêbado e ficava resmungando coisas sem nexo, ficava falando um nome de um cara, que depois descobri ser o amante dele, meu irmão era veado, mas depois eu falo sobre isso.
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