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capão

capão

Portuguese

Noun

capão m (plural capões)

  1. a castrated animal
  2. capon (a cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table)

Etymology 2

From Old Tupi ka'a (woods) + 'ypa'ũ (island) (itself "space" pa'ũ in "water" 'y).

Noun

capão m (plural capões)

  1. (Brazil) copse; an isolated bunch of trees in an open space