"leão" meaning in Portuguese

See leão in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /leˈɐ̃w̃/ [Brazil], [leˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃] [Brazil], /lɛˈɐ̃w̃/ [Brazil], [lɛˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃] [Brazil], /ˈljɐ̃w̃/ [Brazil], [ˈljɐ̃ʊ̯̃] [Brazil], /ˈljɐ̃w̃/ [Portugal], /lɨˈɐ̃w̃/ [Portugal] Audio: LL-Q5146_%28por%29-Nelson_Ricardo_2500-leão.wav Forms: leões [plural], leoa [feminine], leoas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃ Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese leon (“lion”), from Latin leōnem (“lion”), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). Doublet of leu. Cognate with Galician and Spanish león among others. Etymology templates: {{uder|pt|roa-opt|leon||lion}} Old Galician-Portuguese leon (“lion”), {{uder|pt|la|leō|leōnem|t=lion}} Latin leōnem (“lion”), {{uder|pt|grc|λέων|}} Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), {{dbt|pt|leu}} Doublet of leu, {{cog|gl,es|león}} Galician and Spanish león Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|f=leoa}} leão m (plural leões, feminine leoa, feminine plural leoas)
  1. lion (mammal) Tags: masculine Synonyms: ngonhama
    Sense id: en-leão-pt-noun-icQEK7dZ
  2. (heraldry) lion Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-leão-pt-noun-~FlIdxK7 Categories (other): Heraldic charges, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese undefined derivations, Panthers Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Portuguese undefined derivations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Panthers: 5 95 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Leo Minor, leônculo, leoneira, leónico, leonino, leopardo, leúnculo, ligre, Serra Leoa

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "boca-de-leão"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cauda-de-leão"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dente-de-leão"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "formiga-leão"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leão de chácara"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leão-americano"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leão-asiático"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leão-baio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leão-da-montanha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leão-do-atlas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leão-do-cabo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leão-europeu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leão-marinho"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leãozão"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leãozinho"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mata-leão"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "matar um leão por dia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "parte do leão"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kea",
            "2": "lion"
          },
          "expansion": "Kabuverdianu: lion",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kabuverdianu: lion"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mzs",
            "2": "leám"
          },
          "expansion": "Macanese: leám",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Macanese: leám"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pap",
            "2": "leon"
          },
          "expansion": "Papiamentu: leon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Papiamentu: leon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tet",
            "2": "leaun",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tetum: leaun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tetum: leaun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "leon",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lion"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "leō",
        "4": "leōnem",
        "t": "lion"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin leōnem (“lion”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "λέων",
        "4": ""
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "leu"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of leu",
      "name": "dbt"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl,es",
        "2": "león"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician and Spanish león",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "form": "leões",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leoa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leoas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "leoa"
      },
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      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "le‧ão"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Leo Minor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leônculo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leoneira"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leónico"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leonino"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leopardo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leúnculo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ligre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Serra Leoa"
    }
  ],
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        "lion (mammal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-leão-pt-noun-icQEK7dZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "lion",
          "lion"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ngonhama"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        {
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          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Heraldic charges",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "12 88",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "3 97",
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          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese undefined derivations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "5 95",
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          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Panthers",
          "orig": "pt:Panthers",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "lion"
      ],
      "id": "en-leão-pt-noun-~FlIdxK7",
      "links": [
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          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "lion",
          "lion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(heraldry) lion"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈɐ̃w̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[leˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛˈɐ̃w̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lɛˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈljɐ̃w̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈljɐ̃ʊ̯̃]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈljɐ̃w̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɨˈɐ̃w̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɐ̃w̃"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Leão"
    },
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    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "leão"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "Portuguese 2-syllable words",
    "Portuguese countable nouns",
    "Portuguese doublets",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese masculine nouns",
    "Portuguese nouns",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Portuguese terms with homophones",
    "Portuguese undefined derivations",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃w̃",
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    {
      "word": "boca-de-leão"
    },
    {
      "word": "cauda-de-leão"
    },
    {
      "word": "dente-de-leão"
    },
    {
      "word": "formiga-leão"
    },
    {
      "word": "leão de chácara"
    },
    {
      "word": "leão-americano"
    },
    {
      "word": "leão-asiático"
    },
    {
      "word": "leão-baio"
    },
    {
      "word": "leão-da-montanha"
    },
    {
      "word": "leão-do-atlas"
    },
    {
      "word": "leão-do-cabo"
    },
    {
      "word": "leão-europeu"
    },
    {
      "word": "leão-marinho"
    },
    {
      "word": "leãozão"
    },
    {
      "word": "leãozinho"
    },
    {
      "word": "mata-leão"
    },
    {
      "word": "matar um leão por dia"
    },
    {
      "word": "parte do leão"
    }
  ],
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          "args": {
            "1": "kea",
            "2": "lion"
          },
          "expansion": "Kabuverdianu: lion",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "mzs",
            "2": "leám"
          },
          "expansion": "Macanese: leám",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Macanese: leám"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pap",
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          },
          "expansion": "Papiamentu: leon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Papiamentu: leon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tet",
            "2": "leaun",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tetum: leaun"
    }
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        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "leon",
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      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "uder"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gl,es",
        "2": "león"
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese leon (“lion”), from Latin leōnem (“lion”), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). Doublet of leu. Cognate with Galician and Spanish león among others.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leões",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leoa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leoas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "leoa"
      },
      "expansion": "leão m (plural leões, feminine leoa, feminine plural leoas)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "le‧ão"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Leo Minor"
    },
    {
      "word": "leônculo"
    },
    {
      "word": "leoneira"
    },
    {
      "word": "leónico"
    },
    {
      "word": "leonino"
    },
    {
      "word": "leopardo"
    },
    {
      "word": "leúnculo"
    },
    {
      "word": "ligre"
    },
    {
      "word": "Serra Leoa"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lion (mammal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lion",
          "lion"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ngonhama"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "pt:Heraldic charges"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lion"
      ],
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        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "lion",
          "lion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(heraldry) lion"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈɐ̃w̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[leˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛˈɐ̃w̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lɛˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈljɐ̃w̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈljɐ̃ʊ̯̃]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈljɐ̃w̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɨˈɐ̃w̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɐ̃w̃"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Leão"
    },
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    }
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  ],
  "word": "leão"
}

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