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)
- steel (alloy of iron and carbon)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “aço”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “aço”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025