aço

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aco"

Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from aceiro (steely), from Old Galician-Portuguese açeyro (14th century), from Late Latin aciārium, from Latin aciēs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.su/

  • Homophone: asso
  • Rhymes: -asu
  • Hyphenation: a‧ço

Noun

aço m (plural aços)

  1. steel (alloy of iron and carbon)

Derived terms

Further reading