filhotão

Portuguese

Etymology

From filhote (“cub”) +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fi.ʎɔˈtɐ̃w̃/ [fi.ʎɔˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fi.ʎɔˈtɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: fi‧lho‧tão

Noun

filhotão m (plural filhotões)

Augmentative of filhote
(Brazil, informal) a cub that is as big as an adult, but not yet mature

Further reading

“filhotão” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
“filhotão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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