gavião

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === gaviaõ (obsolete) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese gavian, of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include: From Latin gāvia (“kind of bird; seagull”), with the suffix -ão, or possibly through a Vulgar Latin *gavianus (compare Italian gabbiano); compare gaivota from the same etymon; From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰 (*gabila, “sparrow hawk”), which would be related to Proto-West Germanic *gabulu. Cognate with Galician gabián, Mirandese gabilan and Spanish gavilán. === Pronunciation === Homophone: Gavião Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃ === Noun === gavião m (plural gaviões, feminine gaviã or gavioa, feminine plural gaviãs or gavioas) sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “gavião”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “gavião”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “gavião”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “gavião”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026