caminhão

Portuguese
caminhão

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French camion, influenced by caminho.[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.mĩˈɲɐ̃w̃/ [ka.mĩˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.miˈɲɐ̃w̃/ [ka.miˈɲɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • (Maranhão) IPA(key): /kɐ̃.mĩˈɐ̃w̃/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧ão

Noun

caminhão m (plural caminhões) (Brazilian spelling)

  1. truck; lorry (vehicle designed to carry or haul heavy cargo)
    Synonym: (Portugal) camião
  2. truckload (a truck’s cargo)
  3. (informal) truckload; boatload (a great quantity of something)
Usage notes
  • The terms camião/caminhão include tractor-trailers, but unlike truck, it does not encompass pick-up trucks, nor vans.
  • caminhão is also in current use in Macau despite officially adopting European Portuguese spelling.
Derived terms

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈmĩ.ɲɐ̃w̃/ [kaˈmĩ.j̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈmi.ɲɐ̃w̃/ [kaˈmi.ɲɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈmi.ɲɐ̃w̃/

Verb

caminhão

  1. Obsolete spelling of caminham

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