matirão
Portuguese, noun/ma.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃w̃/
matirão is spelled M-A-T-I-R-Ã-O (7 letters). Matirão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “American night heron (Nyctanassa violacea, a small heron of the Americas)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does matirão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineAmerican night heron (Nyctanassa violacea, a small heron of the Americas)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of matirão
- matirões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matirão?
- Brazil /ma.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ma.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /mɐ.tiˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.