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Macaca [mɐˈkakɐ] (feminine) and macaco [mɐˈkaku] (masculine) are the Portuguese words for "monkey" (compare English macaque).[1] In Portugal and Portuguese-speaking countries, macaco (plural macacos) is used as a racial slur against black people. It can also sometimes be used as an insult against Brazilians in general.[2][3][4][5]
Similarly the word "macaque" was used as a racial slur by Belgians in their African colonies.[6]
The word is sometimes similarly used in English as a slur for dark-skinned people, pronounced /məˈkɑːkə, -koʊ/ or /məˈkækə, -koʊ/.
- ^ Portuguese - English dictionary
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ esportenewsmundo. "Argentines put the word 'macacos' in the main topics on social media after conflicts at Maracanã". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Lado B da Copa América: Há 98 anos, charge na Argentina retratou brasileiros como 'macacos', e até presidente 'vetou' jogadores negros". ESPN.com (in Portuguese). 8 June 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Itatiaia, da. "Argentine football fan imitates monkeys and curses Brazilians;". CNN Brasil. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Comparing Black People to Monkeys has a Long, Dark Simian History", Huffington Post, Wulf D. Hund, University of Hamburg, Charles W Mills, Northwestern University