caminhão

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === camião (Portugal) === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French camion, influenced by caminho. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Maranhão) IPA(key): /kɐ̃.mĩˈɐ̃w̃/ Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃ Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧nhão ==== Noun ==== caminhão m (plural caminhões) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling) truck; lorry (vehicle designed to carry or haul heavy cargo) Synonym: (Portugal) camião truckload (a truck’s cargo) (informal) truckload; boatload (a great quantity of something) ===== Usage notes ===== The terms camião/caminhão include tractor-trailers, but unlike truck, it does not encompass pick-up trucks, nor vans. caminhão is also in current use in Macau despite officially adopting European Portuguese spelling. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Hunsrik: Kamiong → Urubú-Kaapor: kamijã === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== caminhão obsolete spelling of caminham === References === === Further reading === “caminhão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “caminhão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026