araponga

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese araponga, from Old Tupi gûyrapunga. === Noun === araponga (plural arapongas) Synonym of bare-throated bellbird (Procnias nudicollis) === References === == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === guiraponga, uiraponga, iraponga === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Tupi gûyraponga. The lost of the initial syllabe was possibly influenced by other bird names starting with "ara-", like arara and araçari. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -õɡɐ Homophone: Araponga Hyphenation: a‧ra‧pon‧ga === Noun === araponga f (plural arapongas) (Brazil) bare-throated bellbird (Procnias nudicollis) Synonyms: ferreiro, ferrador, pássaro-campana, araponga-comum (loosely) bellbird (any bird in the genus Procnias) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: araponga === Noun === araponga m or f by sense (plural arapongas) (Brazil, slang) wiretapper (a spy who intercepts conversations, specially through wiretaps) === References === === Further reading === “araponga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “araponga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026