English
Maracanaço
Maracanaço comes from Portuguese Maracanã.
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentMaracanã
- Portuguese, derivedc. 1500–presentMaracanaço
- Englishearliest quotation 2014same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentMaracanã
- Portuguese, derivedc. 1500–presentMaracanaço
- Englishearliest quotation 2014same form
Earliest quotation: 2014, Luca Caioli, Neymar: The Making of the World’s Greatest New Number 10: “OK. But will you, Mr Scolari, be able to…”
Every English word from Portuguese Maracanã
Today it means
name The final match (Uruguay 2 – Brazil 1) in the 1950 FIFA World Cup, remembered in Brazil as a painful defeat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Portuguese Maracanã / Maracanaço