camacho

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈma.ʃu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈma.ʃu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈma.ʃo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈma.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈma.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈma.t͡ʃu/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ma‧cho

Adjective

camacho (feminine camacha, masculine plural camachos, feminine plural camachas)

1. (Brazil) lame, crippled (unable to walk)

   Synonym: coxo

Noun

camacho m (plural camachos, feminine camacha, feminine plural camachas)

1. (Brazil) a person with those characteristics

   Synonym: coxo

Further reading

• “camacho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “camacho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025