-zão

See also: zao

Portuguese

Etymology

From -z- +‎ -ão. Akin to Spanish -zón.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈzɐ̃w̃/ [ˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Suffix

-zão m (noun-forming suffix, plural -zões, feminine -zona, feminine plural -zonas)
-zão (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -zona, masculine plural -zões, feminine plural -zonas)

  1. alternative form of -ão, used especially when the preceding letter is a semivowel or when the word is an oxytone; more generically, used in agglutination, after the entire word, rather than in a fusion
    Antonym: -zinho
    ‎café (“coffee”) + ‎-zão → ‎cafezão (“big coffee”)
    ‎caqui (“persimmon”) + ‎-zão → ‎caquizão (“big persimmon”)
    ‎pá (“shovel”) + ‎-zona → ‎pazona (“big shovel”)
    ‎pão (“bread”) + ‎-zão → ‎pãozão (“big bread”)
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