tufão

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān, storm; typhoon).[1] See etymology in typhoon.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: tu‧fão

Noun[edit]

tufão m (plural tufões)

  1. typhoon (weather phenomenon in the Pacific, equivalent to a hurricane)
    Coordinate terms: ciclone, furacão

Descendants[edit]

  • English: typhoon (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ tufão” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.