macaco

• IPA^(key): /məˈkeɪkəʊ/

From Portuguese macaco (“monkey”). Compare macaque.

macaco (plural macacos)

1. A macaque, or similar monkey.

From French mococo, probably ultimately from Malagasy maka, maki (“lemur”).

• macauco

macaco (plural macacos)

1. (obsolete) Any of several species of lemurs.

• Cocama, accoma

From Portuguese macaco, possibly from a Bantu language.

macaco m (plural macachi)

1. macaque
2. fool, dunce

macaco (plural macacos)

1. monkey
2. a person that imitates others
3. a treacherous, deceitful person

• “macaco” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

Unknown. Generally thought to have been borrowed from a language of the Congo region. Specifically, it may derive from a word containing the prefix ma- or mu-, which indicates plurality, singularity or collectivity in several Bantu languages. Other suggested derivations include:

• from a language of Madagascar;
• from an American language:
  • from Galibi Carib macaca (“simian”), though it may have been loaned into Galibi from a language of African slaves;
  • from Old Tupi makaka (“monkey”);
• from dialectal French macao (“cat; monkey; long-tailed monkey”), allegedly used in Normandy and Berry.

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• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ˈka.kʊ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ˈka.ko/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ˈka.ku/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ca‧co
• Rhymes: -aku

macaco m (plural macacos)

1. monkey, ape
2. mechanical jack
3. (derogatory) black

• símio

• macaquice

• English: macaque, macaco
• Spanish: macaco

From Portuguese macaco, possibly from a Bantu language.

• IPA^(key): /maˈkako/

macaco m (plural macacos)

1. macaque
2. hobgoblin, bogeyman
3. (South America, derogatory) Brazilian
4. (Louisiana) monkey

macaco (feminine singular macaca, masculine plural macacos, feminine plural macacas)

1. (slang) ugly, misshapen, deformed, squat