caveirão

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caveirão

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caveirão

Etymology

From caveira (“skull”) +‎ -ão (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ve(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ka.ve(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.vɐjˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bejˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [kɐ.βejˈɾɐ̃w̃]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.vejˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.veˈɾɐ̃w̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: ca‧vei‧rão

Noun

caveirão m (plural caveirões)

augmentative of caveira
Synonym: caveirona
(Brazil, chiefly Rio de Janeiro, slang) armoured car used by the Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais
Synonyms: pacificador, cara de lata
- 2023 June 7, “Conheça a história dos blindados da polícia do Rio; os primeiros foram incorporados à frota há pouco mais de 30 anos”, in O Globo‎^[1], Rio de Janeiro:
  A partir daí que surgiu o apelido como os blindados passaram a ser conhecidos: "caveirão", por ser a caveira o símbolo do Bope.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Hypernyms

(armoured vehicle): blindado

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