peixe-escorpião
Portuguese, noun/ˌpe(j).ʃi.is.koʁ.piˈɐ̃w̃/
peixe-escorpião is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “scorpionfish (any of the family Scorpaenidae of marine, venomous fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome vulgar para uma grande variedade de peixes marinhos venenosos dos gêneros Pterois, Parapterois…”.
What does peixe-escorpião mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescorpionfish (any of the family Scorpaenidae of marine, venomous fish)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome vulgar para uma grande variedade de peixes marinhos venenosos dos gêneros Pterois, Parapterois, braquípteros, Ebosia ou dendróquiros, pertencentes à família dos escorpenídeos
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 peixe-escorpião
- peixes-escorpião plural
- peixes-escorpiões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peixe-escorpião?
- Brazil /ˌpe(j).ʃi.is.koʁ.piˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ˌpe(ɪ̯).ʃi.is.koh.piˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ˌpe(j).ʃi.is.koʁˈpjɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peixe-escorpião
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.