The word in question is a substantive masculine which refers to the coconut tree or the fruit of the coconut tree. In addition, it can also refer to the head or the skull or the bogeyman (children's imaginary monster). Even more, it can mean a lot of money, a container or a type of circle dance.
The term is synonymous with the following words: coconut tree, coconut-of-the-bay, dinheirama, dinheirada, dinheirame, head, skull, cocuruto, canister, coke, boogeyman, among others. But what is the correct way? coconut or coconut?
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The correct way to write the word is coconut, without accent. According to the Portuguese language, coconut it is incorrect.
The word coconut it does not have an accent because it is a paroxytone. Thus, there is no need to use the circumflex accent. But there are some exceptions, such as paroxytones ending with r, x, n, l, ps, om ,ons, um, uns, ã, ãs, ão, ãos and oral diphthongs.
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The word coconut is an oxytone that contains a circumflex accent. The term refers to feces, excrement or things of poor quality. This is in informal language. Check out some examples below:
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