Polyglot Dictionary

cão

/ˈkɐ̃w/

o noun A1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os cães

Meaning

  1. dog

    • O cão é fiel.

      The dog is loyal.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cachorro

cachorro is more colloquial or Brazilian; cão is more formal or general, the standard word, more used in Portugal — both mean "dog."

Similar in other languages

German

Hund

Hund is the German word for the same thing — both mean "dog."

Spanish

can

can is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "dog."

Spanish

perro

perro is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "dog."

Practice

1 What does cão mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ é fiel.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cão?

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