cão d'água
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɐ̃w̃ ˈd‿a.ɡwɐ/
cão d'água is spelled C-Ã-O-D-Á-G-U-A (8 letters). Cão d'água is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of cão de água” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “raça de cão nadador usado para trabalhos no mar”.
What does cão d'água mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of cão de água
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. raça de cão nadador usado para trabalhos no mar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cão d'água
- cães d'água plural
- cão de água alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cão d'água?
- Brazil /ˈkɐ̃w̃ ˈd‿a.ɡwɐ/
- Brazil [ˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈd‿a.ɡwɐ]
- Portugal /ˈkɐ̃w̃ ˈd‿a.ɡwɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.