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mataco.

southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/maˈta.ku/Brazil/mɐˈta.ku/Portugal
  1. southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish mataco.

noun/maˈta.ku/Brazil/mɐˈta.ku/Portugal
  1. Wichí

    dated · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish mataco.

adj/maˈta.ku/Brazil/mɐˈta.ku/Portugal
  1. of the Wichí people or language

    dated · relational
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish mataco.

noun/maˈta.ku/Brazil/mɐˈta.ku/Portugal
  1. buttocks

    Angola · Brazil · Mozambique · colloquial · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Umbundu atako (“buttocks, nudity”).

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