pássaro

Meaning

1. (masculine) a bird (animal), especially a small one
2. (masculine) passerine (any bird of the order Passeriformes)

Hyphenated as

pás‧sa‧ro

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpa.sa.ɾu/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese passaro, from Vulgar Latin *passarum, from Latin passer (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Compare English passerine, Spanish pájaro, Romanian pasăre.

Sentences

Pássaro com ninho , fácil de encontrar .

Bird with nest, easy to find.

O advogado entre os advogados parece um pássaro entre gatos .

The lawyer among lawyers looks like a bird among cats.

O pássaro velho não entra na gaiola .

The old bird does not enter the cage.

Um jovem empresário andando na rua , enquanto um pássaro preto voa na frente dele .

A young businessman walks down the street, while a black bird flies in front of him.

Estava tudo bem ; ele ligaria assim que um pássaro fosse enterrado .

It was all right; he would call as soon as a bird was buried.