bacamarte

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably from French braquemart.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.kaˈmaʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ba.kaˈmah.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ba.kaˈmaɾ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ba.kaˈmaʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ba.kaˈmaχ.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.kaˈmaɻ.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.kɐˈmaɾ.tɨ/

Hyphenation: ba‧ca‧mar‧te

Noun

bacamarte m (plural bacamartes)

blunderbuss (old style of firearm with a large opening at the muzzle)
Synonym: trabuco

Coordinate term: arcabuz
(figurative, colloquial, derogatory) tome (large old book)
Synonyms: alfarrábio, tomo

Further reading

“bacamarte” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

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