Polyglot Dictionary

ferrão

/feˈxɐ̃w/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os ferrões

Meaning

  1. sting

    • A abelha perdeu o ferrão.

      The bee lost its sting.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

aguijón

aguijón is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "sting."

Practice

1 What does ferrão mean?

2 Fill the gap: A abelha perdeu o ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ferrão?

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