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leão-americano

Portuguese, noun/leˌɐ̃w̃.a.me.ɾiˈkɐ̃.nu/

leão-americano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “American lion (Panthera leo, an extinct lion endemic to the Americas)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does leão-americano mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineAmerican lion (Panthera leo, an extinct lion endemic to the Americas)

  2. 2

    masculineAmerican lion; cougar; mountain lion

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of leão-americano

  • leões-americanos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce leão-americano?

  • Brazil /leˌɐ̃w̃.a.me.ɾiˈkɐ̃.nu/
  • Brazil [leˌɐ̃ʊ̯̃.a.me.ɾiˈkɐ̃.nu]
  • Portugal /ˌljɐ̃w̃.ɐ.mɨ.ɾiˈkɐ.nu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.