tucano

See also: Tucano

Galician

Etymology

From French toucan or Portuguese/Spanish tucán, from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

Noun

tucano m (plural tucanos)

  1. toucan

Italian

Etymology 1

Named after the Tucano people, whose name itself is from Tucano.

Adjective

tucano (feminine singular tucana, masculine plural tucani, feminine plural tucane)

  1. Tucanoan

Etymology 2

From French toucan or Portuguese/Spanish tucán, from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

Noun

tucano m (plural tucani)

  1. toucan

Portuguese

Etymology

From Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tuˈkɐˈnu/
  • (Rio Grande do Sul) IPA(key): /tuˈkɐˈno/
  • Hyphenation: tu‧ca‧no

Noun

tucano m (plural tucanos)

  1. toucan (any bird from the family Ramphastidae)
  2. (Brazil, figuratively, politics, neologism) a person who supports or is affiliated to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, whose mascot is a toucan

Adjective

tucano

  1. (Brazil, politics, neologism) pertaining or related to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party
  2. (Brazil, politics, neologism) supporting or pro-Brazilian Social Democracy Party

Spanish

Etymology

Named after the Tucano people, whose name itself is from Tucano.

Adjective

tucano (feminine singular tucana, masculine plural tucanos, feminine plural tucanas)

  1. Tucanoan
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