macaco

Etymology 1
From. .

Noun

 * 1) A macaque, or similar monkey.

Etymology 2
From, probably ultimately from ,.

Noun

 * 1)  Any of several species of lemurs.

Etymology
From, possibly from a language.

Noun

 * 1) macaque
 * 2) fool, dunce

Noun

 * 1) monkey
 * 2) a person that imitates others
 * 3) a treacherous, deceitful person

Etymology
. Thought to have been borrowed from a language. Bantu maka, "cat", comes from -mañga (an old East African Bantu word for the sea-coast, often applied to any strange or foreign product). But it seems unlikely that the Bantu would have used such a word to denote familiar animals like apes and monkeys. However, none of the many Bantu words for apes and monkeys resembles "macaco". Other suggested derivations include:
 * from
 * from a language of ;
 * from, though it may have been loaned into Galibi from a language of African slaves;
 * from dialectal, allegedly used in and.
 * from ;
 * from.

Noun

 * 1) monkey; ape
 * 2) mechanical jack
 * 3)  ape; savage an uncivilised or unruly person
 * 4)  monster; freak a hideous person
 * 5)  coon; porch monkey derogatory term for a person of Sub-Saharan African ancestry
 * 1)  monster; freak a hideous person
 * 2)  coon; porch monkey derogatory term for a person of Sub-Saharan African ancestry
 * 1)  coon; porch monkey derogatory term for a person of Sub-Saharan African ancestry

Usage notes
A distinction is not commonly made between apes and monkeys in Portuguese. Where it is, is used for apes and macaco for middle-sized simians.

A more common distinction is made between macacos and.

In Brazil, it is also used an ethnic slur directed to black people, with a strong negative connotation comparable to the English word nigger.

Etymology
, possibly from a language.

Noun

 * 1) macaque
 * 2) hobgoblin, bogeyman
 * 3)  Brazilian
 * 4)  monkey
 * 1)  monkey

Adjective

 * 1)  ugly, misshapen, deformed, squat