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leão-marinho

Portuguese, noun/leˌɐ̃w̃.maˈɾĩ.ɲu/

leão-marinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sea lion (any marine mammal of the Otariidae family)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome popular e genérico de várias espécies de animais mamíferos, carnívoros, da ordem dos pinípedes, da…”.

What does leão-marinho mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesea lion (any marine mammal of the Otariidae family)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. nome popular e genérico de várias espécies de animais mamíferos, carnívoros, da ordem dos pinípedes, da família dos otarídeos, a mesma da otária

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 leão-marinho

  • leões-marinhos plural
  • leoa-marinha feminine
  • leoas-marinhas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce leão-marinho?

  • Brazil /leˌɐ̃w̃.maˈɾĩ.ɲu/
  • Brazil [leˌɐ̃ʊ̯̃.maˈɾĩ.j̃u]
  • Portugal /ˌljɐ̃w̃.mɐˈɾi.ɲu/

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