cascavel

See also: Cascavel

Portuguese

cascavel

Etymology

From Old Occitan cascavel, from Vulgar Latin cascābellus (“small bell”), possibly from quassicāre, based on Latin quassāre (“to shake repeatedly, to quake”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kas.kaˈvɛw/ [kas.kaˈvɛʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʃ.kaˈvɛw/ [kaʃ.kaˈvɛʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐʃ.kɐˈvɛl/ [kɐʃ.kɐˈvɛɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐʃ.kɐˈbɛl/ [kɐʃ.kɐˈβɛɫ]

Homophone: Cascavel
Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
Hyphenation: cas‧ca‧vel

Noun

cascavel f (plural cascavéis)

rattlesnake

Noun

cascavel m (plural cascavéis)

jingle bell

Further reading

“cascavel” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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