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peixe-voador

Portuguese, noun/ˌpe(j).ʃi.vo.aˈdoʁ/

peixe-voador is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “flying fish (any of the tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae, capable of short flights)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe teleósteo beloniforme da família dos exocetídeos, geralmente pelágico, de distribuição circuntropical…”.

What does peixe-voador mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineflying fish (any of the tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae, capable of short flights)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. peixe teleósteo beloniforme da família dos exocetídeos, geralmente pelágico, de distribuição circuntropical (nome binomial: Exocoetus volitans)

noun: 1. constelação austral, que tem forma de peixe-voador

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-voador

  • peixes-voadores plural

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

How do you pronounce peixe-voador?

  • Brazil /ˌpe(j).ʃi.vo.aˈdoʁ/
  • Brazil [ˌpe(ɪ̯).ʃi.vo.aˈdoh]
  • /ˌpe(j).ʃi.vo.aˈdoɾ/

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