cão-guia
Portuguese, noun/ˌkɐ̃w̃ˈɡi.ɐ/
cão-guia is spelled C-Ã-O-G-U-I-A (7 letters). Cão-guia is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “guide dog (dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cão que serve de guia a pessoas com deficiência visual”.
What does cão-guia mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineguide dog (dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cão que serve de guia a pessoas com deficiência visual
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-guia
- cães-guia plural
- cães-guias plural
- cadela-guia feminine
- cadelas-guia feminine plural
- cadelas-guias feminine plural
- cão guia alternative misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cão-guia?
- Brazil /ˌkɐ̃w̃ˈɡi.ɐ/
- Brazil [ˌkɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈɡi.ɐ]
- Portugal /ˌkɐ̃w̃ˈɡi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.